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USB worm unleashed by Russian state hackers spreads worldwide (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by return2ozma to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Of course, but OP wanted to implicate that this worm stays local in a network. You need an USB stick to carry it over.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure the word you want is "imply." Although what the Russians are doing with corrupt USBs is a crime, OP isn't implicated in it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the lesson.. haha

[–] A_A 2 points 1 year ago

This is just about right :
in fact I wanted to know how we are exposed (or not exposed) to this. ...to know what we have to do to limit exposure.