Comments on: AMD forums laid low by Windows exploit

Fan forum is taken offline after attack via Microsoft's Windows Meta File flaw is found on the site.
Screenshot: AMD forum under attack

[aemarques]

A better title...

... would be: "AMD forums laid low by failure to patch a Windows server"...

[Macsaresafer]

An even better title

AMD unable to keep up with high volume of Windows security
issues.

[bobby_brady]

Hackers have no life's

Are these guys really that desperate for attention?

[Pluqueric]

AMD Forums laid low

I hope someone will be thoughtful enough to explain this situation to someone like me who does not quite understand. The only way I'm going to learn to ask questions.

Please explain exactly what happened: was it something done deliberately by Microsoft? If gone undetected, would it have created severe problems for AMD users?

I have tried to read as much as I can on this subject, but I am still in the dark. Please help.

[Phillep]

Feature or bug

The feature was intended, the full range of things it could be used for was not.

It's a problem for AMD users who have unpatched Microsoft in their computers.