WARNING...don't open strange e-mail

[Guest fragg]

The Register has posted warning about "a new virus that destroys your computer".
It works its way into the BIOS, and starts hardware destruction.
It even attacks your files.
It comes disguised as an "innocent e-mail".
But as soon as you "click" on it-- your ass is grass.

Related stuff:
A teenager the Feds convicted, might be singing to prosecutors about his buddies, who made hack-attacks on US Govt's Sandia National Laboratory.
He's hoping to get his sentence reduced ("9 mos. in slammer, plus $5000 fine for every hack-attack"). Apparently, he made plenty attacks.

US govt also just nailed teenager in Michigan who hacked into the spaceship-launching agency "NASA".
The Feds have him in jail, this time making no deals, are prosecuting to full. He's facing 5 years.
fragg

[Peter Heinemann]

Does "hardware destruction" means harddrive formatting in this case?

Microsoft Windows - the "Digital Butterly Knife"

[Guest fragg]

Peter, I saw something about "hardware" destruction meaning that it wrecked your BIOS chip.
So in that case, formatting would be outta the question -- because when you turn on your computer, there would only be a black screen.
You'd need a new chip. And maybe other things too.
fragg