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The people that were aware were probably extracting value out of the fact that not everyone knew. Could be not worth making a public stink, could be weaponizin
by ionforce 9y ago
The people that were aware were probably extracting value out of the fact that not everyone knew.
Could be not worth making a public stink, could be weaponizing the exploit, could be coordinated disclosure.
- pkaye 9y agoyou mean all these security researchers kept it a secret for the last decade or two?
- coliveira 9y agoUntil a few days, researchers couldn't prove that this was possible because there was no example of such exploits. But there was the idea that this could be possible. Also this doesn't mean that people with other interests didn't have their own versions of this exploit and kept it a secret.