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Microsoft has mostly repaired a flaw in Surface hardware that allowed unprotected devices to be bricked by a single packet

And it was Microsoft Copilot that unwittingly revealed the longstanding vulnerability EXCLUSIVE For the past 90 days, Microsoft has been quietly patching a firmware flaw in Surface devices that allowed the hardware to be bricked with a…

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And it was Microsoft Copilot that unwittingly revealed the longstanding vulnerability EXCLUSIVE For the past 90 days, Microsoft has been quietly patching a firmware flaw in Surface devices that allowed the hardware to be bricked with a single packet, though only for those who have disabled Secure Core and Secure Boot.

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