A simple laptop computer loaded with six potent viruses and dubbed by Chinese artist Guo O Dong 'The Persistence of Chaos' sold at online auction for more than $1.3 millionWASHINGTON - For Chinese artist Guo O Dong, the simple black Samsung laptop computer, loaded with six potent viruses, symbolizes one of the world's most frightening threats. On Tuesday his creation "The Persistence of Chaos" rocked the art world, selling for more than $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. Guo is an internet artist "whose work critiques modern day extremely online culture," the auction site, organized by cybersecurity group Deep Instinct, said. The auction site says it is "airgapped" -- its wireless and internet connections physically and electronically plugged.

Source: Bangkok Post May 28, 2019 21:22 UTC