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salton t1_jd860jg wrote

Reply to comment by dittybopper_05H in Ecuadorian TV presenter wounded by bomb disguised as USB stick by AudibleNod

66 killed pcs seems like a lot of effort.

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TazBaz t1_jd8gkek wrote

With a USB killer it’s pretty simple. 10 seconds per machine (I’m counting time moving between machines; it’s pretty much plug in, pop, unplug), you’re done in a couple minutes.

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cacophonic7 t1_jd8jqnk wrote

Yeah, but you have to factor in time spent flipping the stick over 3 or 4 times before you find the right direction.

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dittybopper_05H t1_jd8rnwt wrote

Must have been worth it to that guy.

They don't talk about a motive in the article, but he must have held some kind of a grudge against the college. That's not the kind of thing you randomly do just for a lark.

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DistortoiseLP t1_jd9xhra wrote

I have absolutely gone to school with the kind of kids that would spend that much time vandalizing that much property just because they felt like destroying something.

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MississippiJoel t1_jd8klai wrote

Yeah, it was the programming from the cloning technology that was primarily motivating him without him even realizing it.

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