Misuse of the word physical perhaps when they actually just meant access by any means?
They'd actually need to cold boot or reboot into bios to change the default password. After that they would also "most likely" need to be connected to the same network, though remote access "may" be possible. Really not anything Joe Public needs to worry about, only IT System Admins.
Does this mean we AGAIN have to accepct slower PC's, new BIOS a.s.o.? :(
RIDL vulnerability hits Intel - new Side Channel Attack potentially is worse than Spectre and Meltdown
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Looks like us Intel users are getting a free downgrade soon :(
A Huge Intel Security Hole Could Slow Down Your PC Soon
I’m pretty ticked about this one.