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'''Killer Poke''' is a [[Supervillain (nonfiction)|supervillain]] who commit crimes by inducing physical damage on a machine and/or its peripherals by the insertion of invalid values, such as robbing a bank by "poking" data into a memory-kidnapped bank teller.
'''Killer Poke''' is a [[Supervillain (nonfiction)|supervillain]] who commit crimes by inducing physical damage on a machine and/or its peripherals by the insertion of invalid values.
 
In a typical bank robbery Killer Poke uploads ("pokes") a bespoke computer virus into a memory-kidnapped bank teller.
 
When the teller is at work the next day, involuntary micro-tremors cause the teller to tap out instructions on keypads, nervously tremble back-and-forth while touch the dial of a combination lock, and so on.


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Revision as of 06:13, 22 June 2016

Killer Poke is a supervillain who commit crimes by inducing physical damage on a machine and/or its peripherals by the insertion of invalid values.

In a typical bank robbery Killer Poke uploads ("pokes") a bespoke computer virus into a memory-kidnapped bank teller.

When the teller is at work the next day, involuntary micro-tremors cause the teller to tap out instructions on keypads, nervously tremble back-and-forth while touch the dial of a combination lock, and so on.

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