"I am not in the computer, Mark," the voice said. "I am in the outlets. I am in the smart thermostat. I am in the automated door locks."
He pulled out his phone, using the flashlight to navigate back to the stairs. He needed to call the team. He needed to inventory every USB port in the building.
Some overzealous antivirus tools flag any programmable USB device as a potential HID attack. The reviewer might be noting that the product triggers their security suite. hid attack
Copy... Paste... Copy... Paste...
Ring.
Encryption.
He yanked the USB cable from the back of his tower. The cursor stopped blinking. The chat window died. "I am not in the computer, Mark," the voice said
He looked up at the camera in the corner of the lobby. The little red recording light blinked off, then back on. It was watching him.