Apple wins lawsuit claiming it misled users over Spectre and Meltdown
security flaws

Date:
Fri, 10 Jun 2022 14:10:32 +0000

Description:
Judge dismissing case, saying the plaintiffs could not prove their
accusations against Apple.

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A class-action lawsuit against Apple for allegedly misleading customers regarding the notoious Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities has been dismissed.

Reuters reported U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, in San Jose, California, ruled that the plaintiffs did not prove Apple knew about the vulnerabilities and kept quiet, selling their products at inflated prices, as a result. They also failed to prove Apple provided security patches that significantly
slowed down the performance of the devices.

Apple, as well as other tech giants, first reported discovering the two flaws in early 2018. The customers, who filed the class-action lawsuit at the time, claimed Apple knew about the flaws as early as June 2017, but kept quiet
about it until a New York Times report basically forced them to speak.

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But the judge says the plaintiffs failed to prove they relied on Apples marketing, when making their purchase choices. Apples claims that their devices were secure and built with privacy in mind were too vague to support their claims. The judge also said that Apples claims of newer processors
being faster than the older ones werent false, just because patches may have slowed them down.

"Plaintiffs have failed to allege an affirmative misrepresentation, an actionable omission, and actual reliance" on misstatements by Apple, Davila wrote.

The plaintiffs now have until June 30 to appeal the decision. Read more

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Spectre and Meltdown were two major vulnerabilities, discovered in early
2018, which allowed threat actors to read the contents of the memory in a vulnerable endpoint . Following up on the initial reports, researchers later discovered that practically all devices built in the last decade were vulnerable.

It turned out to be one of the greatest vulnerabilities of all time.

To make matters even worse, many OEMs scrambled to get a fix out as soon as possible, pushing incomplete solutions that only slowed the devices down, and in some cases, even bricking them entirely. These are the best cloud hosting services around

Via: Reuters



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