Unknown USB drives

Unknown USB drives

Unknown USB drives, just say no. It’s no secret that USB flash drives, as small and unremarkable as they may look, can be turned into agents of chaos. Over the years, we’ve seen them used to infiltrate an Iranian nuclear facility, infect critical control systems in US power plants, morph into programmable, undetectable attack platforms, and destroy attached computers with a surprise 220-volt electrical surge. Although these are just a few examples, they should be enough to preclude one from inserting a mysterious, unsolicited USB drive mailed to them into a computer. Unfortunately, one Ecuadorian journalist didn’t get the memos.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/03/journalist-plugs-in-unknown-usb-drive-mailed-to-him-it-exploded-in-his-face/?fbclid=IwAR3JQGG_ckFkHWUoyMIHQ9_yfoZ7PFRlL7Qr9_tXh8xalfCekPLWGYnm6Dw

This is obviously an extreme case, but really, don’t plug in a usb drive you find on the street, there are so many bad things that can happen… for help or advice, contact us.