Possibly not a hoax. Intel published this today [0]: > Protecting our customers’ data and ensuring the security of our products are critical priorities for us.

Possibly not a hoax. Intel published this today [0]: > Protecting our customers’ data and ensuring the security of our products are critical priorities for us. We routinely work closely with customers, partners, other chipmakers and researchers to understand and mitigate any issues that are identified, and part of this process involves reserving blocks of CVE numbers. We believe strongly in the value of coordinated disclosure and will share additional details on any potential issues as we finalize mitigations. As a best practice, we continue to encourage everyone to keep their systems up-to-date. Also, AnandTech seems to have picked up the story [1] half an hour ago, although it seems to rely on heise.de's report. [0]: https://newsroom.intel.com/articles/addressing-questions-regarding-additional-security-issues/ https://newsroom.intel.com/articles/addressing-questions-reg... [1]: https://www.anandtech.com/show/12712/spectre-watch-more-spectreclass-vulnerabilities-to-be-announced-soon https://www.anandtech.com/show/12712/spectre-watch-more-spec...