TIL for at last 15 years US government has been able to implant hardware into USB cables to turn them into hacking devices with wireless capability.

https://mander.xyz/post/46882217

TIL for at last 15 years US government has been able to implant hardware into USB cables to turn them into hacking devices with wireless capability. - Mander

Lemmy

darknetdiaries.com/episode/161/

There’s a darknet episode about these cables

MG – Darknet Diaries

In this episode we talk with MG, the brilliant (and notorious) hacker and hardware engineer behind the OMG Cable. A seemingly ordinary USB cable with extraordinary offensive capabilities.