Encryption chip flaw afflicts huge number of computers

Researchers have discovered a serious vulnerability in Infineon Trusted Platform Module (TPM) cryptographic processors used to secure encryption keys in many PCs, laptops, Chromebooks and smartcards. An early warning something might be up emerged on 30 August 2017 when the Estonian Information System Authority (RIA) issued an alert about a “theoretical” problem affecting 750,000 national ID cards issued after October 2014.

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