Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB Killer device

Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB... by squarefoot on Thursday April 18, 2019 @09:36AM (#19690875)

The innocuous use of TV-B-Gone devices was to shut off at once all TV sets at malls; it was rather a prank than a destructive act, with the added benefit of getting some peace.

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Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB... by lloeki on Friday April 19, 2019 @04:37AM (#19697945)

Back in the day you could turn a HP-48 into a universal remote control. Oh, the pranks we pulled on an unsuspecting teacher (the teacher was the worst kind ever of know-it-all prick, and duly deserved it).

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Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB... by xattt on Thursday April 18, 2019 @10:56PM (#19696743)

Was there a TV-come-on to turn on the mall TVs in the morning?

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Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB... by squarefoot on Friday April 19, 2019 @08:39AM (#19699052)

Not that I know of, but technically doable since all it needs is transmitting through infrared the corresponding signal variants according to different brands. By modifying the source one could for example set all TVs to maximum volume, or tune them to channel 666, or even give different commands to different brands as they share the same IR codes.

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Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB... by sophacles on Friday April 19, 2019 @10:50AM (#19700075)

Mitch open sourced the entirety of tv b gone from the start. It's pretty easy to make this tv-come-on. The tvbg is just a ir driver and:

    foreach offcode in list_of_offcodes:
        transmit(offcode)

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Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB... by blackflame7000 on Friday April 19, 2019 @09:28PM (#19704302)

You need the TV-B-ON version

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