Journalist plugs in unknown USB drive mailed to him-it exploded in his face
Briefly

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.
Read at Ars Technica
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