The Persistence of Chaos

A cybersecurity firm commissioned online artist Guo O Dong to take a 10-year-old laptop and infect it with six seriously malicious computer viruses. The artwork, titled The Persistence of Chaos is isolated and airgapped (whatever that means) to prevent against spread of the malware and it just sold online for more than $1.3m. The artist may put the proceeds toward another project. But he says he’s also considering another idea: taking the money and burning it.

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Via PfRC