Researchers discover potentially catastrophic exploit present in AMD chips for decades

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Researchers discover potentially catastrophic exploit present in AMD chips for decades
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Intel breathes a sigh of relief as the spotlight moves off of them for a beat.

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I'm thinking there are more things like this, and maybe even some are intentionally put in to please government actors. Intels management engine is like a small computer inside the computer, and amd has something simular. This computer can work completely independent of what the main computer does and has network access.

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