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====Security flaws==== {{Excerpt|Speculative execution CPU vulnerabilities}} In early January 2018, it was reported that all [[Intel CPUs|Intel processors]] made since 1995<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-01-04/intel-chip-flaw-a-security-threat/9303280|title=Processor vulnerabilities could leave most computers open to hackers|first=Ariel|last=Bogle|newspaper=ABC News|date=January 4, 2018|access-date=January 4, 2018|archive-date=January 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105012827/http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-01-04/intel-chip-flaw-a-security-threat/9303280|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="telegraph2018flaw">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/01/03/fix-critical-intel-chip-flaw-will-slow-millions-computers/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/01/03/fix-critical-intel-chip-flaw-will-slow-millions-computers/ |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-status=live|url-access=subscription |title=Fix for critical Intel chip flaw will slow down millions of computers|website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|first=Margi|last=Murphy|date=January 3, 2018|publisher=[[Telegraph Media Group]]|access-date=January 3, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> (besides [[Intel Itanium]] and pre-2013 [[Intel Atom]]) had been subject to two security flaws dubbed [[Meltdown (security vulnerability)|Meltdown]] and Spectre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/03/kernel-panic-what-are-meltdown-and-spectre-the-bugs-affecting-nearly-every-computer-and-device/|title=Kernel panic! What are Meltdown and Spectre, the bugs affecting nearly every computer and device?|first=Devin|last=Coldewey|date=January 4, 2018|access-date=January 4, 2018|archive-date=January 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104022457/https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/03/kernel-panic-what-are-meltdown-and-spectre-the-bugs-affecting-nearly-every-computer-and-device/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="wiredflaw">{{cite journal|url=https://www.wired.com/story/critical-intel-flaw-breaks-basic-security-for-most-computers/|title=A Critical Intel Flaw Breaks Basic Security for Most Computers|journal=[[Wired (website)|Wired]]|access-date=January 4, 2018|last1=Greenberg|first1=Andy|archive-date=January 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103204011/https://www.wired.com/story/critical-intel-flaw-breaks-basic-security-for-most-computers/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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