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Re:USB Killer 2.0 by type0 on Monday September 12, 2016 @07:01AM (#12478654)
> Wouldn't the attackers just "accidentally" spill coffee on your laptop?

The difference is deniability, you can always see that someone killed your laptop with coffee or smashed it with a hammer, with this you wouldn't know until you can examine the circuits.

Re:USB Killer 2.0 by iplaw on Monday September 12, 2016 @09:24AM (#12479428)
And even then, power surges do happen. Circuitry get fried from time to time. There is still a level of plausible deniability.