“USB Killer” flash drive can fry your computer’s innards in seconds
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Now, a researcher who goes by the name Dark Purple has created a USB device that can permanently destroy much of a computer's innards, rendering the machine little more than an expensive doorstop. Within seconds of being plugged in, the USB stick delivers a negative 220-volt electric surge into the USB port.
Remember kids, don't let strange USB drives into the house.
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Now, a researcher who goes by the name Dark Purple has created a USB device that can permanently destroy much of a computer's innards, rendering the machine little more than an expensive doorstop. Within seconds of being plugged in, the USB stick delivers a negative 220-volt electric surge into the USB port.
Remember kids, don't let strange USB drives into the house.
Haven't we seen that before? :confused:
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Haven't we seen that before? :confused:
I built one of them at age 17 and used it to force a change of PCs at school. Officially they all died for natural causes... 40 PCs in a couple of weeks. The other 40 were easier: they had the 110V / 220V selector in bright red, plain sight. Some men just want to watch the world burn... I came to know the school ordered 160 new PCs but didn't want to deploy them - years later I discovered that a professor was selling them privately.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver "When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey