Journalists in Ecuador received a USB flash drive/pendrive in the mail. Each of the USB sticks was supposed to explode when activated. In one case, when plugged in, the bomb actually exploded. RDX.
NEVER plug in pendrives or U2F of unknown provnance. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/03/journalist-plugs-in-unknown-usb-drive-mailed-to-him-it-exploded-in-his-face/
This seems to also be argument against opening letters one receives (because they might be mailbombs). Is there something that makes it a stronger argument against plugging in (supposed) USB mass storage than against opening envelopes that supposedly contain paper?
How would you send a nontrivial amount of data (i.e. more than can be reasonably fit into a few qr codes) to a journalist that follows that advice and without using the Internet?
