Russian company made a flash drive that can self-destruct

When I was putting together the note, I imagined something like what happens in the Mission Impossible movies, where the protagonist is sent a message in some medium and when he hears it he destroys himself … Now, Technodynamika, a Russian technology company, has manufactured a USB flash drive with a built-in detonator It can destroy the NAND memory chips inside. The detonator can be activated manually and the destruction is completely safe for the user, according to the manufacturer.

The company has developed a USB drive (PENDRIVE) that has simple you saw is like any other, but unlike normal drives, it not only contains memory chips and a USB controller, it also has a battery and an electric detonator. When activated by pressing a button on the end of the device, the detonator burns the printed circuit board with an electrical charge.

Going back to the movies, you must have heard the phrase, “This message will self-destruct in five seconds.” The phrase is usually accompanied by a cinematic sequence of self-destruction, which includes a lot of smoke, this happens because the device that contained the message burns. But in the case of this pendrive, the case of the device remains intact, which guarantees the safety of the owners.

However, it remains to be seen how the company tries to protect the destroy button from accidental activation.

On the other hand, modern pen drives can quickly erase their content, or encrypt the stored data with an AES-256 key, and simply destroy the key when the user wishes. Unless you have a quantum computer, it is impossible to break a 256-bit key. However, for the truly paranoid who do not want to take risks, the Russian method is definitely preferable.

“We have created a new device that is capable of reliably protecting information from unauthorized access,” said Igor Nasenkov, CEO of Technodynamika.

They are just prototypes for now, but the company says you can configure capacity and other factors for custom orders.