{"id":269,"date":"2019-04-18T20:44:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T20:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namorgy.com\/blog\/?p=269"},"modified":"2019-04-18T20:44:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T20:44:47","slug":"former-student-destroys-59-university-computers-using-usb-killer-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.namorgy.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/18\/former-student-destroys-59-university-computers-using-usb-killer-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB Killer device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet3.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2017\/03\/02\/122c7fc8-5a4b-4682-bfac-a4909a949a3b\/resize\/1170x878\/ac24e4432cd3ca905a591dbce70357bf\/usb-killer.jpg\" class=\"iii-article-image\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0; max-width: 250px; max-height: 150px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"iii-article-excerpt\">\n  An Indian national in the US has pleaded guilty this week to destroying 59 computers at the College of St. Rose, in New York, using a weaponized USB thumb drive named &#8220;USB Killer&#8221; that he purchased online. 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