The Israeli military found a USB key with instructions for the production of a “cyanide dispersion device” on the body of a Hamas operative who participated in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, according to two Israeli officials and a copy of a classified Israeli Foreign Ministry cable obtained by Axios.
To be fair, that was the era of “Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom”.
No, I’m not making that up. That was an actual article in Al-Qaeda’s online magazine Inspire.
why would he take this usb across the border? To prepare bomb on the spot?
The same reason anyone takes a USB stick anywhere: to inconspicuously drop in a conspicuous place in hopes that some rube will find it, put it in their PC, and get pwnd.
Put some files in the recycle bin and never emptied it?
I once saw Bear Grylls make a bomb with his own urine and a rabbit spleen, so it’s possible.
Checkmate IDF, USB drives didn’t exist in 2003! Got’em.
Its not difficult if you really want too and are curious. Here’s a good hint the sugar erythritol is a common sugar substitute.