Intel 'intentionally hid' Meltdown and Spectre from US cyber security officials
Firm's excuse is that 'hackers hadn't exploited the vulnerabilities' 23 February 2018 Intel 'intentionally hid' Meltdown and Spectre from US cyber security officials CHIP GIANT Intel intentionally hid the discovery of the Meltdown and Spectre chip security flaws from US cybersecurity officials, according to a bunch of tech companies who wrote to lawmakers on Thursday. In a number of letters seen by Reuters , the companies wrote that Intel didn't make the issue known to the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, or US-CERT, until they leaked to the public. This was six months after Google's security researchers notified the chipmaker in June, which started the 90-day notice period for the chip giant to fix the issues before they were made public. In fact, it wasn't until 3 January this year that Intel informed US-CERT, which was well after reports of the Meltdown and Spectre bugs had begun to spread. This has led to current a