sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoAMD changes rules, denies researcher $10,000 bounty after taking 124 days to patch security flawwww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1629arrow-down12cross-posted to: cybersecurity@infosec.pub
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minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·22 days agoThe only issue with doing that is selling it to a nefarious party hurts the users and not really AMD. Or at least it isn’t hurting AMD anywhere near as much as it might hurt an innocent party.
minus-squareSculptor9157@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·22 days agoAnd that is a risk AMD is willing to take.
The only issue with doing that is selling it to a nefarious party hurts the users and not really AMD. Or at least it isn’t hurting AMD anywhere near as much as it might hurt an innocent party.
And that is a risk AMD is willing to take.