An interesting article describing the direct (and not what you would necessarily expect) business cost of cyber security in relation to these new bugs.
Not sure if litigation is necessarily and answer that will help anyone with these problems.
Happy New Year, Happy New Devastating Vulnerabilities
Another year and another critical vulnerability (ies) that impact the very infrastructure we live upon. Spectre and Meltdown have hit the press today . The NY Times has written a fairly well balanced article (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/business/computer-flaws.html) and hopefully other media will give it the same responsible attention, but somehow I doubt it.
Giving vulnerabilities catchy names and logos is a little bit of a double-edged sword I think. It certainly raises serious issues and gives them the attention they need, but it also creates a bit of link-bait fodder which doesn’t help things that much when the issue needs a serious and rational approach to a solution. But it is the world we live in I guess.
For those interested, the papers relating to the two vulnerabilities can be found under their own registered domain (!) https://meltdownattack.com/