Rowhammer is special because it is active, analog, and remote. Sure, there have been analog side channel data leaks by observing the power consumption of smart

Rowhammer is special because it is active, analog, and remote. Sure, there have been analog side channel data leaks by observing the power consumption of smart cards, or even analog active attacks by messing with the power supplied to smart cards. But Rowhammer is active, can be done over the network, and relies on analog properties. It's really something special and, as a software person, quite scary.