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low2026-08-06 18:03 UTCSource: BleepingComputer

New TONTOU CPU attack bypasses Spectre v2 fixes, leaks Linux password hashes

Researchers found a way to bypass recent mitigations for Spectre v2 speculative execution side-channel attacks and developed an exploit to leak secrets from Linux machines.

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