On Tuesday, his creation, The Persistence of Chaos, rocked the art world, selling for more than US$1.3 million in a New York online auction. It is a powerful symbol of the threat on simple laptop can pose to the entire world. The six trojans, worms and malware loaded on it have caused at least US$95 billion in damage around the world, Guo said. Guo is an Internet artist “whose work critiques modern-day extremely online culture,” said the auction site, organized by cybersecurity group Deep Instinct. The auction site says it is “airgapped” — its wireless and Internet connections physically and electronically plugged.

Source: Taipei Times May 28, 2019 21:22 UTC