Security News > 2018 > August > Google Spectre whizz kicked out of Caesars, blocked from DEF CON over hack 'attack' tweet
2018-08-10 11:20
'Chaos specialist' Linton thrown out of hotel after quip backfires At midnight on Thursday, Matt Linton, a senior Google bod who was one of the key players in sorting out the Spectre CPU security hole mess, went to his hotel room in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas – and found his key no longer worked.…
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