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Israeli boffins hack air gap, fire missiles on compromised kit

David Gosnell

Re: But wait...

> Do desktop PC's / laptops normally come with heat sensors which this hack is apparently dependent upon?

Yes, all over the place. Quite often measured at three or four points round the system, e.g. CPU, PSU, hard disk(s) etc. Generally takes software such as MBM (for Windows) to hook into it, but it's there for the using all the time.

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