Intel faces 32 lawsuits over Spectre and Meltdown
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The world and its dog are now familiar with the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities that affect multiple types of processors but foremost those from Intel. You'd think that some lawsuits would be flying over the issue, and you'd be right. The company revealed in a recent SEC filing that it was facing a total of 32 class-action lawsuits.
The 32 total lawsuits comprise 30 class-action lawsuits and two securities class-action lawsuits. The class-action complainants generally consider being misled by Intel's disclosures about its knowledge of the vulnerabilities, plus the fact that the fixes for them come with a performance drop. According to Intel, "the securities class-action plaintiffs [...] ...