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		hashstring 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New speculative attacks on Apple CPUs The vendor requested embargo timelines can get pretty crazy. Intel requested an embargo for 21 months for SRBDS/Crosstalk. For Downfall, a more recent one, Intel requested a 12 month embargo to release a microcode update.

tptacek 11 months ago [–]

For all I know, that might be a reasonable ask for these kinds of vulnerabilities --- not that researchers have to honor them.

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