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The press kit from the Trump-Kim summit included a USB fan.

Experts don't think it's safe



It seems harmless enough, plugging in a free USB-powered fan on a hot day.


But when it surfaced on Twitter yesterday that the item was included in a press pack handed out during the US-North Korea summit,
it immediately drew concerns from some cyber experts about the potential for hidden malware.


So could they actually contain malware?

The likelihood is very high, the director of University of NSW Canberra Cyber Nigel Phair says.
"People trying to infiltrate computer networks often use hidden software on thumb drives where they are given out at a conference
or contain promotional material, whatever it might be," he said.

"People studiously go back to their work environment, plug it into their machine and it's the greatest way to bypass a whole
lot of security controls."

According to Oliver Knox, chief Washington correspondent for broadcaster SiriusXM, at one summit, "White House aides raced into
the filing centre to tell reporters not to use them".