I bet it’s not that unpopular. It’s a very impressive attack in many ways:
- It’s subtle.
- It was built to over several years.
- If the attacker hadn’t screwed up the with the weird performance hit that triggered investigation (my dramatic theory: the attacker was horrified at the infonuclear bomb they were detonating and deliberately messed up), we likely wouldn’t know about it.
You can detest the end result while appreciating the complexity of the attack.
- It’s subtle.
- It was built to over several years.
- If the attacker hadn’t screwed up the with the weird performance hit that triggered investigation (my dramatic theory: the attacker was horrified at the infonuclear bomb they were detonating and deliberately messed up), we likely wouldn’t know about it.
You can detest the end result while appreciating the complexity of the attack.