USB Killer
The killer of electronics
USB Killer, known with the trade name USB Kill 2.0, is a USB thumb drive that allegedly destroys the physical component of any hardware device that it is connected to.[1] It collects the power from the USB power source of the component it is connected to in its capacitors until it reaches a certain voltage (assumed to be 240 Volts) and then it discharges the same amount of voltage. The device has been designed to test components for protection from power surges. However, the device has not generated much interest[1]. The device sells for 49.95 Euros, or around $56 US dollars and has been developed by a Hong Kong based security hardware team for usage by System Administrators for testing devices against the very vulnerability that the team highlighted.[2] As per them Apple is the only manufacturer that protects its devices against USB Surge attacks. It has been alleged that the device has been developed by a Russian computer researcher who goes by the name Dark Purple[3]. Most often the device is mentioned in articles warning readers from plugging in unknown USB Drives.[4][1][3] One author believes that the new cryptographic authentication protocol for USB-C Authentication announced by the USB Implementers Forum would protect against this device by preventing unauthorized USB connections. However, the developers of USB Killer believe that a component known as an optocoupler can protect against the device.
This is the device which can kill any Computer,Laptop,Phone,Gamming systems like PS4,Xbox and even the Computer in your car.
Kills the machines through their USB ports because they are not protected.If you plug USB killer to your machine or any smart t.v then it is killed
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