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Indian Pleads Guilty To Destroying University Computers via USB Killer Drive

Indian pleads guilty of destroying 59 university computers using USB Killer thumb drive.


An Indian national in the US 'pleaded guilty' for this week to pulverizing 59 computers at the College of St. Rose, in New York, through a weaponized USB thumb drive named "USB Killer" that he bought on the web.

The gadget empowered the 27-year old Vishwanath Akuthota to effectively damage gear and equipment worth $51,109, roughly accounting for Rs. 35, 46,700 alongside $7,362 approximately Rs. 5, 10,900 in employee time for exploring and supplanting pulverized hardware.

The incident occurred on February 14, as indicated by court documents acquired by ZDNet, and the suspect recorded himself while pulverizing some of the computers. In the recording, the he was seen saying, "I'm going to kill this guy,", and once he was finished with the procedure, he was seen saying things like, "it's dead" and "it's gone. Boom."


The explanation behind the crime anyway isn't known as of yet.

Surprisingly the weaponized thumb drive known as USB Killer is effectively accessible on the web and he had bought it from a rather well-known online store that sells these kinds of gadgets.

USB Killer devices work by quickly charging thumb drive capacitors from the USB control supply, and after that releasing the electrical current again into the USB slot - all in mere seconds- - successfully frying the computer to which the USB Killer device is connected to.

Akuthota was arrested on February 22 and will be condemned not long from now, on August 12. He faces up to ten years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of post-imprisonment supervised release of up to 3 years.

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