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Re:Intel CPUs impacted by new PortSmash side-channel vulnera... by cperciva on Friday November 02, 2018 @02:49PM (#18365616)
This is not a big deal; the exploit code is new, but the vulnerability has been known for 13 years -- and doesn't matter since any code vulnerable to this is also vulnerable to other attacks.

https://twitter.com/cperciva/status/1058424239156412416?s=19

Re:Intel CPUs impacted by new PortSmash side-channel vulnera... by yread on Friday November 02, 2018 @04:17PM (#18366354)
maybe they used it so that script kiddies can't start stealing everyone's private keys