Intel chip flaw: Huge bug makes nearly any computer vulnerable to hacking

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Researchers have found a flaw in the very core of computer chips that mean almost any recent device could be insecure and give up the sensitive information it is securing. Now it has emerged that the bug could affect nearly any computer made over the last 20 years – and that fixing it could cause significant disruption across the world. Google's Project Zero team said Wednesday that the flaw could allow bad actors to gather passwords and other sensitive data from a system's memory. Although Intel cited rival AMD as among the companies it's working with to address the problem, AMD said in a statement that it believes its chips are safe because they use different designs.