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Sadly, people will just stick this, and any random USB device into their computers. I can't remember the company in question, but there was a story about a secu

by nzmsv 16y ago

Sadly, people will just stick this, and any random USB device into their computers. I can't remember the company in question, but there was a story about a security audit where the hacker team got in by handing out free USB drives in the parking lot.

stretchwithme 16y ago
yeah, but you probably would have to stand out there for several minutes before that would work at most companies :-)
- mcav 16y ago
  They could probably just "drop" them on the cement and someone would pick it up.
  - jcl 16y ago
    In at least one security audit, that was exactly what happened: http://www.darkreading.com/security/perimeter/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208803634 http://www.darkreading.com/security/perimeter/showArticle.jh...
  - kalid 16y ago
    Or, give them away at the local starbucks / during lunch hour.
robobenjie 16y ago
I heard the story attributed to Lawrence Livermore National Labs, and they have fairly strict security (ie men with machine guns, lots of trainig). Probably has to do with the plutonium...
- rbanffy 16y ago
  It's a good thing you can't smuggle plutonium on a pendrive... At least not out of LLNL.