Re:Teardown of USB Fan Reveals Journalists’ Lack of Opsec
by geofft on Friday July 13, 2018 @01:12PM
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Exactly - the photo shows the fan in the plastic bag, the evidence is it was not used!
Also, "The journalist who started this whole mess by posting the image of the USB fan drive on Twitter" how is posting the image on Twitter starting a mess?
This is a bad article with a blatant disregard for fact, and I've flagged it.
Content: "The real story here is that accomplished journalists would be grateful for a random USB device given to them by a foreign government. There is every indication this journalist actually plugged this USB fan into his computer. But even if he went the safe route and opted to use a USB battery or a cable with data lines disconnected to protect against malware, I’m sure others didn’t take precautions. Out of 2500 journalists at the Singapore summit, some unquestionably plugged this threat into their computer."
Question: What is the indication that the journalist actually plugged this USB fan into his computer?
Reality: there is no evidence of any journalist plugging in the USB fan.
Conclusion: YAZWPSRAAS (yet another zer0cool wannabe posting self-righteous articles about security)