Old Windows XP PC with 6 viruses on it is being auctioned as art for over 1.2 million USD

[Shreyas1]

 An old laptop is being auctioned as art for 1.2 million dollars USD, and it contains 6 of the most destructive malware in history. It is named The Persistence of Chaos. It was commissioned by cyber security vendor Deep Instinct.

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So what do you get for your $1.2 million? In terms of the hardware, it's just an old Samsung NC10 laptop from 2008 and running Windows XP SP3. But it also comes complete with no less than six pieces of malware. There's the ILoveYou virus from the year 2000, which gained notoriety by infecting more than 50 million devices in just ten days. To which you can add the 2003 SoBig worm that is one of the fastest spreading worms ever, but not as fast as MyDoom from the following year, which also appears on the laptop. Fast forward to 2015 and we have the BlackEnergy malware that helped turn the lights off in Ukraine when it was used in a cyber attack on the power grid. WannaCry also makes an appearance, fresh from causing havoc to NHS hospitals in 2017. The last, and most recently deployed, piece of malware to feature is the DarkTequila credential stealer from 2018.

Although distributing malware in the U.S. is illegal, this is being done under the premise of art for " academic reasons " , and they have no intention of spreading malware, so it's apparently fine. I really don't agree with this, as just because it is art shouldn't mean that it can do illegal things.

 

Here is a livestream of the art ( it's literally just an old laptop with malware on it )

https://m.twitch.tv/persistencechaos

 

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Source:https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/05/24/this-samsung-laptop-is-on-sale-for-1-2m/

 

[GoldenLag]

Doesnt Wannacry kinda kill the other Malware?

 

Or am i misstaken?

[Spotty]

2 minutes ago, Shreyas1 said:

Here is a livestream of the art ( it's literally just an old laptop with malware on it )

https://m.twitch.tv/persistencechaos

 

[Sauron]

1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

Doesnt Wannacry kinda kill the other Malware?

Not if it's loaded in memory

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, Sauron said:

Not if it's loaded in memory

So the art is ruined the moment it runs out of power?

[DildorTheDecent]

I wish I had "fuck you" money to buy this.

[Sauron]

Just now, GoldenLag said:

So the art is ruined the moment it runs out of power?

probably - or maybe the viruses are hidden in system files, wannacry doesn't touch things it thinks are vital for the system to boot (you can't display the ransom message if the OS doesn't start)

[Sauron]

Just now, DildorTheDecent said:

I wish I had "fuck you" money to buy this.

I guess you could make your own...?

[GoldenLag]

3 minutes ago, Sauron said:

probably - or maybe the viruses are hidden in system files, wannacry doesn't touch things it thinks are vital for the system to boot (you can't display the ransom message if the OS doesn't start)

Thats what i thought, but you never know. I kinda expect everything to be there, but you never kno

[DildorTheDecent]

2 minutes ago, Sauron said:

I guess you could make your own...?

 

1 minute ago, Queen Chrysallis said:

what would you do with it tho

Flex on the poor.

[Ankerson]

Just one question...

 

WHY? 

 

$1.2 Million? 

[GoldenLag]

4 minutes ago, DildorTheDecent said:

 

Flex on the poor.

Mac owners: ive got the latest iMac 2019 Pro. Its all about design and art

 

Bill Gates: hold my surface

[SenKa]

Id imagine this is so much because some of these virus' are no longer available, thus meaning security researchers can't study them?

 

If not, lord knows. Sexy looking laptop tho.

[Jito463]

Something about a fool and money comes to mind, for some odd reason.

[Trixanity]

Yet another piece of evidence that I clearly don't understand art.

[nick name]

32 minutes ago, DildorTheDecent said:

I wish I had "fuck you" money to buy this.

Just hold some municipality hostage with some ransomware and you'll be all set.  Actually, buy this machine and use it as the jumping off point and it becomes a tax write-off.  

[ARikozuM]

I'm fine with all art being legal, but... 

 

I can't defend this... 

 

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I'm surprised the battery didn't explode. 

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There are so many worms on this thing it's becoming a hentai. 

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Does the ransom come as an option? 

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But does it Blender? 

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At least it isn't XP x64. 

and 

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"For my next trick, would you like to install Windows 10?"

 

[Roschlynn Dsouza]

42 minutes ago, Shreyas1 said:

 An old laptop is being auctioned as art for 1.2 million dollars USD, and it contains 6 of the most destructive malware in history. It is named The Persistence of Chaos. It was commissioned by cyber security vendor Deep Instinct.

Although distributing malware in the U.S. is illegal, this is being done under the premise of art for " academic reasons " , and they have no intention of spreading malware, so it's apparently fine. I really don't agree with this, as just because it is art shouldn't mean that it can do illegal things.

 

Here is a livestream of the art ( it's literally just an old laptop with malware on it )

https://m.twitch.tv/persistencechaos

 

Image 

 

Source:https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/05/24/this-samsung-laptop-is-on-sale-for-1-2m/

 

Dude. I should have then saved my 10yr old intel pentium system with just 1gb ram. I could have gotten double the money. Look guys. It runs windows 95/95/me/2000/xp/vista/7/8/8.1 and 10. All the operating systems ae installed on the hard drive pre loaded. Just for the sum of 10 million.

[RejZoR]

Well, I have one old laptop. And an archive of malware spanning from around 1999 till now. 1.2mil € could come in handy XD

[NumLock21]

A idiot and their money is soon parted, along with their identity.

[Thaldor]

That's one machine where I want to stick my USB-drive which has friendly letters of "FUCK YOU" written on it.

 

And mostly because I don't even want to know where I have plugged that drive in the around 15 years I have had it and it has been named "The drive that will one day become Pokemon master", just because it tries to catch 'em all.

[Arika]

So this has to be money laundering right? There's no other way this makes sense 

[Results45]

Oh the ridiculous things people buy...........like this cornflake shaped like Illinois that sold for $1,350:

 

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/23756725/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/illinois-shaped-corn-flake-sells

 

 

Or a Harambe-shaped Cheeto:

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https://fox59.com/2017/02/07/cheeto-shaped-like-slain-gorilla-harambe-sells-for-99900-on-ebay/

[Crunchy Dragon]

5 hours ago, Sauron said:

I guess you could make your own...?

Hol up, lemme go source a mobile IDE drive and 12 viruses....

 

Best Buy employee: *slaps laptop lid* "This bad boy can sell for more than 2 million USD"

[Drak3]

30 minutes ago, Arika S said:

So this has to be money laundering right? There's no other way this makes sense 

You've described 50% of the pompous """sophisticated""" art world.