[appstateguy]

There's been a brain drain [0] going on at the NSA, so it wouldn't surprise me if they missed it.

[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-n...

[dgoldstein0]

Sure, but these flaws aren't particularly new - specter has been possible in some form likely for the last 20 years.

[hishnash]

but a lot of this brain drain has gone to private security companies that then sell vulnerabilities to national bodies. (Like the one in Israel that sold a load of 0day exploits for the iPhone to the CIA)