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USB killer en · NOUN
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(qualifier:computer security) A device designed to send high-voltage power surges into the USB data lines of the device it is connected to, which will damage hardware components.
Once fully charged, the USB killer discharges the stored power back into the connected computer (or, in fact, anything with a USB port), causing irreparable hardware damage.
2020, Alan Calder, Cyber Security: Essential principles to secure your organisation, IT Governance Ltd, →ISBN, page 42:
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