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.

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    Israeli intelligence traced the origin of the document to a 2003 Al-Qaeda manual, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in the cable.

    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.

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        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.

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      Its not difficult if you really want too and are curious. Here’s a good hint the sugar erythritol is a common sugar substitute.