I swallowed a USB stick that some guy from IBM gave to me at AusCERT.
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Gadi Evron
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 6:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [funsec] Misleading headline of the week (or month ...)
On 5/27/10 5:11 AM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:
> "First human 'infected with computer virus'"
As the "father of the field" of research (which I'm not, but I like when
people give me the credit for this) I strongly object to your
characterization of this subject matter as misleading!
:)
Gadi.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm
>
> However, I wish they would have given more detail on how the thing infected
> external systems, and then passed that on to other RFID chips. (Not saying it
> couldn't happen, just would like to know more of the how. And how not.)
> Could
> have been a useful news article, rather than simply an attention grabber.
>
> Rob (out of touch with media realities) Slade
>
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> On the plus side, it won't be long before there's a government
> reward for killing him. - Dilbert, 20050828
> victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/slade/index.html
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