Sebuah laptop yang berisi 6 virus paling berbahaya di dunia, saat ini sedang di lelang dengan harga lebih dari 1 juta USD.
“Karya Seni” ini merupakan hasil kreasi dari seseorang bernama Guo O Dong, yang menyebut hasil karyanya ini “The Presistence of Chaos”. Pada dasarnya, sang kreator ingin menampung virus – virus ini dan memilih masing – masing dari efek yang disebabkan baik secara digital maupun fisikal. “We have this fantasy that things that happen in computers can’t actually affect us, but this is absurd,” kutip Dong, “Weaponized viruses that affect power grids or public infrastructure can cause direct harm.”
Laptop ini merupakan produksi Samsung NC10-14GB dari tahun 2008 dan menampung 6 buah virus pada hard drive nya, berikut adalah daftar virus – virus tersebut :
ILOVEYOU
The ILOVEYOU virus, distributed via email and file sharing, affected 500,000+ systems and caused $15B in damages total, with $5.5B in damages being caused in the first week.
MyDoom
MyDoom, potentially commissioned by Russian e-mail spammers, was one of the fastest spreading worms. It’s projected that this virus caused $38B in damages.
SoBig
SoBig was a worm and trojan that circulated through emails as viral spam. This piece of malware could copy files, email itself to others, and could damage computer software/hardware. This piece of malware caused $37B in damages and affected hundreds of thousands of PCs.
WannaCry
WannaCry was an extremely virulent ransomware cryptoworm that also set up backdoors on systems. The attack affected 200,000+ computers across 150 countries, and caused the NHS $100M in damages with further totals accumulating close to $4B.
DarkTequila
A sophisticated and evasive piece of malware that targeted users mainly in Latin America, DarkTequila stole bank credentials and corporate data even while offline. DarkTequila costed millions in damages across many users.
BlackEnergy
BlackEnergy 2 uses sophisticated rootkit/process-injection techniques, robust encryption, and a modular architecture known as a “dropper”. BlackEnergy was used in a cyberattack that prompted a large-scale blackout in Ukraine in December 2015.
The “The Persistence of Chaos” laptop auction is currently at $1,200,079 USD and can be live streamed at the piece’s official website.
