Meltdown and Spectre: When Hardware Became a Patchable Attack Surface

Meltdown and Spectre: When Hardware Became a Patchable Attack Surface

• What Happened: A Vulnerability Class, Not a Breach
• How the Chain Ran: Speculation Leaves Traces the Rollback Does Not Erase
• What It Cost: Performance, Reboots and a Decade of Follow On Research
• What Would Have Changed It: Inventory, Rollout Capability and Honest Isolation