IP: Kevin Poulsen reports on "HERFgun" demo'd at InfoWarCon

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> > Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 18:27:03 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Kevin Poulsen <klp () well com>
> > To: declan () well com
> > Subject: Fear the Reaper
> >
> >
> > Zap! ... and your PC's dead
> >
> > Ex-Navy engineer David Schriner demos his homemade, bargain-basement,
> > computer-killing 'gun.'
> >
> > WASHINGTON -- With $500 and a trip to the hardware store, saboteurs can
> > build a device capable of disrupting computers, automobiles, medical
> > equipment and nearly anything else dependant on electronics, according to
> > a California engineer who demonstrated a homebrew computer death-ray at
> > the InfowarCon '99 Conference here Wednesday.
> >
> > http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2331772,00.html
>
>
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