Hackers Turn Your Computer Into a Bomb

HACKERS CAN TURN YOUR HOME COMPUTER INTO A BOMB ... & blow your family to smithereens! WASHINGTON — Right now, computer hackers have the ability to turn your home computer into a bomb and blow you to Kingdom Come — and they can do it anonymously from thousands of miles away! Sikcos can wreak death and destruction from thousands of miles away!

A sensationalist newspaper-style clipping claims that computer hackers can remotely turn a home computer into a bomb and destroy a family. The joke comes from the absurdly exaggerated early-internet fearmongering about hackers, presented as if ordinary computers were explosive weapons. EN: A sensationalist newspaper-style clipping claims that computer hackers can remotely turn a home computer into a bomb and destroy a family. The joke comes from the absurdly exaggerated early-internet fearmongering about hackers, presented as if ordinary computers were explosive weapons.

• @infosecmemes / 124 2019-12-06