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Hackers: We can now steal data via electrical outlet

A few years ago, the goal of using nothing more than a standard electrical outlet to hack into sensitive computer systems would be the tripe of Hollywood -- and far-fetched, eye-rolling Hollywood at that.

I can almost twin the scene: A wily Justin Long taps a few keys on his laptop and we wait for the signal race through the power grid to his target, where a hapless management employee types his password into the ultra-secure computer at headquarters. Back with Extensive, we watch the password show up on his computer screen, as if by magic, thanks to his considerable hacking skills.

It sounds ridiculous.

But it turns out, well, it's basically a genuineness .

At the Black Hat USA conference later this month, hackers are preparing to lay bare their methodology to steal information typed on a computer keyboard using nothing more than the power outlet to which the computer is connected.

Source: Yahoo! Tech

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