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Downfall, Inception, Meltdown, Spectre, I hate to see new vulnerabilities, but their naming choices are solid.

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They should name them after their investors and board members.

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Gelsinger, McKeon, and Lavender do have a nice ring to them.

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Sounds like Bond movies.

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Imagine a bug in the ALU when adding two octal values - Octoplussy

Or a bug in a specific Intel generation - Skylakefall

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The next one will be discovered On Her Motherboard’s Secret Processes

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All four of those names are movies. Only one is a Bond movie, though.

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can’t wait for “shellshock”, “wildfire” and “collapse”.

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oh lol

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