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Reverse Engineering A Keyboard Driver Uncovers A Self-Destruct Code
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/19/reverse-engineering-a-keyboard-driver-uncovers-a-self-destruct-code/
Should you be able to brick a keyboard just by writing a driver to flash the lights on it? We don’t think so either. [TheNotary] got quite the shock when embarking on a seemingly straightforw…
Bad phrasing. The title made it sound like the “self-destruct” was on purpose. It’s quite possible they just triggered a bug that bricked it by using it in a way that QA didn’t test or expect it to be used.