Meltdown: Epic Games blames bug fix for online game slowdown
by Alex Hern from on (#3CP3X)
Increased processor use occurred when company installed patches to fix flaws, leaving players of online battle game Fortnite unable to login
The first real-world effects of processor vulnerabilities Meltdown and Spectre are beginning to show, due to fixes for the two megabugs which have the side-effect of slowing down cloud services worldwide.
Online video game Fortnite is one of the worst hit, with the game's creators attributing login issues and service instability to a 30 percentage point spike in processor use that occurred when the company installed the patches.
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