The world's most dangerous laptop is up for auction

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A laptop containing six malicious programs that caused damage totaling $ 95 billion is put up for sale on the Internet. The lot is called The Persistence of Chaos and the rates for it have already exceeded $ 1.2 million. The kit includes the laptop itself. Samsung NC10-14GB 2008 release with Windows XP SP3 installed, power cord, restart script and a set of malware, which includes:

• ILOVEYOU is a malicious program distributed via email and file sharing. Has struck over 500,000 systems, causing damage totaling $ 15 billion.
• MyDoom is a computer spam worm allegedly developed by Russian hackers. The damage from it to $ 38 billion.
• SoBig is a Trojan horse that spreads via spam. The malware is capable of copying files, emailing itself and corrupting software / hardware. Hundreds of thousands of computers suffered from it, and the damage to $ 37 billion.
• WannaCry is a ransomware worm that can also act as a backdoor. In 2017, it hit more than 200 thousand computers worldwide and caused losses of $ 100 million.
• DarkTequila is a sophisticated piece of malware that mainly attacked users in Latin America. Able to steal bank credentials and corporate information even without an internet connection. The consequences cost the victims millions of dollars.
• BlackEnergy 2 - has a modular structure and can act as a rootkit. In 2015, it was used in attacks on the power grid of Ukraine.

According to the description of the lot, the laptop is physically isolated from the Internet and other devices. The lot is sold by artist Guo O Dong and information security company Deep Instinct. The object is displayed as an art project, and a note to it states that "the sale of malware is prohibited in the United States, the buyer should understand that this work poses a security risk." The auction will continue for four more days, at the time of writing the news the rate was $ 1,200,749.