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Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB... by chongli on Friday April 19, 2019 @09:57AM (#19699636)
What about thermite? Melt right through the steel platters of a hard disk!
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Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB... by bjoli on Friday April 19, 2019 @10:06AM (#19699698)
Thermite is surprisingly bad at killing disks beyond recoverability.

Search for "and that's how I lost my other eye" from defcon23. Probably available on YouTube.

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