Millions of Dell laptops were vulnerable to attack that would have let potential hackers steal sensitive data and monitor activities thanks to a chip flaw.

As reported by Reuters, Dell has released a fix to address a vulnerability which impacts a chip in many of its laptops that stores biometric data, passwords, security codes and more. The flaw was first discovered by researches at Cisco Talos.

Dell apparently validated this analysis in a June security advisory in which it explained that the flaw affects more than 100 models of the company's laptops.

Fortunately, no one has found indications that the flaw has been exploited in the wild, according to Cisco's researchers. Apparently, Dell issued security patches for the issue starting in March and then into April and May.

The Reuters re

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