The biggest security hole in computer history! Your computer, mobile phone, smart device or ＂trick＂

　　CCTV News:Researchers announced on the 3rd that two serious security vulnerabilities have been found in computer chips, involving a large number of computers and smart phones around the world, which may be the most influential security vulnerability in computer history.

　　A large number of computers and smart devices or "strokes"

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　　Google announced on the 3rd US time that its team and technicians from many countries have jointly discovered two chip-level security vulnerabilities, through which hackers can illegally read system memory and steal key information such as passwords. One of the vulnerabilities involves almost all CPU chips produced by Intel in recent years, and the other vulnerability affects chips produced by Intel, AMD, a semiconductor company of Chaowei, and ARM Technologies, UK. That is to say, almost all desktop computers, notebook computers and Internet servers using Intel’s CPU, as well as computers, smart phones, tablets and other intelligent devices using chips from Intel, AMD, and ARM Technologies, may be recruited.

　　Major manufacturers have introduced security patches one after another.

　　However, the researchers said that they had discovered these two vulnerabilities in the middle of last year and informed major manufacturers. Over the past six months, various companies have been making security patches to fix these two vulnerabilities. At present, both Microsoft and Apple have prepared security patches for their desktop computer operating systems, and Google also said that smartphones using the latest version of Android operating system are also safe. It is not clear whether Apple’s iphone and ipad tablets are also affected by these two security vulnerabilities.

　　No sign of vulnerability being exploited by hackers has been found yet.

　　The BBC quoted the British network security agency as saying that users don’t have to worry too much. So far, there are no signs that these two vulnerabilities have been obtained and exploited by hackers, so it is only necessary to update the security patches of major manufacturers in time. However, some media also said that security patches may slow down the system, and the degree of slowdown may be between 5% and 30%. Intel denied this statement.