Intel Fails To Get Spectre, Meltdown Chip Flaw Class-action Suit Tossed Out

According to the Register, Intel will have to defend itself against claims that it knew its chips were bad and didn't tell customers. Intel and other affected vendors have had to add software and hardware fixes that make their patched processors slower. Since that time, researchers have continued to find flaws in other parts of chips that expose privileged data. The problem is not completely solved. A multi-district proceeding known as Intel Corp. CPU Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation has been consolidated. Intel has been trying to get them to leave. The judge had dismissed the complaint twice before allowing the lawsuit to be amended and refiled. The judge only partially granted Intel's motion to toss the case. The claims were dismissed because Intel was unaware of the microarchitecture vulnerabilities up to that point. He allowed seven claims from September of last year to continue, finding that the claims were plausible. There is a PDF.