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ICO urges patching to fix Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, despite performance hit

Tom Allen
Tom Allen
clock 05 January 2018 •
You could suffer harsher penalties if breached without patching, the ICO has warned
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You could suffer harsher penalties if breached without patching, the ICO has warned

Fail to patch at your own risk

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has advised companies to patch their systems to prevent the Meltdown and Spectre bugs from being exploited, despite any potential performance loss. Spectre...

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