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Alum Kills Over $58,000 in PC Gear With 'USB Killer' Device
The student in question is Vishwanath Akuthota. He graduated from [The College of St. Rose] in Albany, New York back in 2017. Yet, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), Akuthota "admitted that he intentionally destroyed the computers and recorded himself doing so using his iPhone, including making statements such as 'I'm going to kill this guy' before inserting the USB Killer into a computer's USB port." The video hasn't been published.
Akuthota also recognized that he caused more than $58,000 in damage to The College of St. Rose and has agreed to pay back that amount to the school. (And here we thought people only had to pay that kind of money for their alma mater when their student loans come due.) The DoJ said he "faces up to 10 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and a term of post-imprisonment supervised release of up to 3 years" after sentencing.
Best advertising ever for USB Killer?
Also at The Verge.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday April 22 2019, @12:45AM
Um...the gender identity thing doesn't concern me directly. I'm gay but cisgender, and struggle to understand what trans* people feel and suffer, because it's literally unthinkable from an existential standpoint to me.
But how hard is it to show some common courtesy? If I'm not sure, I just ask, "hey, how do you prefer to be called?" There's at least two people at work at my pharmacy like this, one who's very early in transition, and it shows. And her face, wide jawline and all, lit up like a halloween pumpkin when I asked.
Back up a moment and ask yourself if any of what you've said could apply to other groups. 20 years ago I bet you'd have been saying the same thing about me, with my uppity wanting-not-to-be-discriminated-against and the whole wishing-I-could-marry-my-girlfriend thing. This, too, shall pass.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...