US lawmakers grill Intel and company over the handling of Meltdown and Spectre

US lawmakers grill Intel and company over the handling of Meltdown and Spectre

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http://www.techradar.com/news/us-lawmakers-grill-intel-and-company-over-the-handling-of-meltdown-and-spectre

More criticism has been levelled at Intel and its partners in patching up the huge Meltdown and Spectre flaws – including Apple and Microsoft – by US lawmakers, who aren’t entirely happy about the way the whole episode has played out. And more specifically, the manner in which disclosure was delayed and generally handled.

As the Register reports, four Republicans in the House of Representatives – who chair various subcommittees including Energy and Commerce – sent the same lengthy letter to the CEOs of Intel, as well as Amazon, AMD, Apple, ARM, Google and Microsoft, essentially grilling them on exactly how the embargo on these bugs was handled.