Timeline
- Intel's MELTDOWN and SPECTRE issues were disclosed in late January 2018.
- amdflaws.com registered 22nd of Feb 2018
- AMD informed of the issues 12th of March 2018
- actual disclosure / news release 13th of March 2018
Three things:
This looks like an Intel-sponsored hit on AMD to 'level the playing field'
The web domain was registered well in advance of any warning being given to AMD - because we're a security company, so fuck security we've got marketing to do: flashy website and high-production-value YouTube videos here we come!
Just like hacking evolved from a hobby into serious criminal enterprise, security disclosure has turned from noble and responsible act (with some self-advertising for employment purposes) to blatant stock market manipulation.
Other things:
- The amdflaws.com domain was registered with a 2-year expiry (22/02/2018 - 22/02/2020)
- The cts-labs.com domain was registered with a 1-year expiry (25/06/2017 - 25/06/2018)
- Both were registered with GodAddy
- Linus Torvalds gets more respectable the more outbursts I read about
Biting the hand that feeds IT
