Comment on Infamous $30 Logitech F710 called out in $50M lawsuit over Titan sub implosion

• wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Now if the controls break, “I can go to any video game store and procure an Xbox controller anywhere in the world, so it makes a very easy replacement,” Senior Chief Mark Eichenlaub told The Virginian-Pilot

  That sounds like a great way to get malware!

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  • JamesFire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do you regularly get malware from xbox controllers?

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    • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bad USB is ABSOLUTELY a vector for state sponsored hacking.

      smartermsp.com/tech-time-warp-the-usb-drive-that-…

      The virus in question was agent.btz, a piece of “autorun” malware. In 2008, agent.btz infected U.S. Central Command, which was running the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

      See also

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet

      Pretty nuts to see I got downvoted for this. This is cybersecurity 101 shit. Don’t plug untrusted USB devices into sensitive infrastructure.

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