Re: CrowdStrike demos an attack that permanently damages hardware

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From	Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
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Subject	Re: CrowdStrike demos an attack that permanently damages hardware
Date	Tue, 04 Mar 2014 16:03:00 +1100
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On 3/03/2014 1:22 AM, RS Wood wrote:
>  From the "crispy Apple fritters" department:
> Title: RSA security demo deep-fries Apple Mac components
> Author: ccraig
> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 07:46:47 -0500
> Link: http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/rsa-security-demo-deep-fries-apple-mac-components-237297?source=rss_
>
> How bad can cyber attacks get? How about burning the internal components of a
> machine, whether PC or Mac, to a crisp so there's no thought of it being
> recoverable? That's what security vendor CrowdStrike showed could be done to
> an Apple Mac OS X today at the RSA Conference.
>

Perhaps creating a market for a device that independently measures the 
heatsink temperature, and shuts off the power if it goes too high. 
Wouldn't even be that complicated.

Sylvia.

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CrowdStrike demos an attack that permanently damages hardware RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-02 14:22 +0000
  Re: CrowdStrike demos an attack that permanently damages hardware Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-03-04 16:03 +1100

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