ICO urges patching to fix Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, despite performance hit
Fail to patch at your own risk
You could suffer harsher penalties if breached without patching, the ICO has warned
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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