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CVE-2022-38392: Old laptop hard drives will allegedly crash when exposed to Janet Jackson music (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 years ago by jokeyrhyme@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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It sounds like something out of an urban legend: Some Windows XP-era laptops using 5400 RPM spinning hard drives can allegedly be forced to crash when exposed to Janet Jackson's 1989 hit "Rhythm Nation."

But Microsoft Software Engineer Raymond Chen stands by the story in a blog post published earlier this week, and the vulnerability has been issued an official CVE ID by The Mitre Corporation, lending it more credibility.

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[–] VinesNFluff@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

[listens to the song]

Y'know, with the urban myth that it could kill an old HDD, I expected something a lot more aggressive sounding.