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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts August 2-6

Highlights include Wired and CNN.

Wired

August 2

Hacker lexicon: what is a side channel attack?

Daniel Genkin explains what a side channel is and says if the computing industry continues to prioritize performance over security, side channel exploits will continue to appear. Genkin is an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science.

CNN

August 6

MyPillow magnate Mike Lindell’s latest election conspiracy theory is his most bizarre yet

Alex Halderman says Lindell’s claim’s “completely ridiculous” and that when security experts find evidence, they “share the original data (along with information to support its provenance and authenticity) and explain our interpretation so that other experts can verify or dispute it.”

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