For the price of $1.2 milion(or more, as this is auction) anyone can obtain a used 2008 Samsung laptop that has been purposly infected with the 6 "deadly" computer malwares in the history. This is a project of the owner called “The Persistence of Chaos”, made in a collaboration of Guo O Dong, a chinese internet artist and Deep Instinct, a Cybersecurity company. They took all the necessary precautions so the viruses do not spread. After the auction is over all the I/O ports will be disabled. All internet connectivity is all ready restricted.

All those bits of viruses — ILOVEYOU, MyDoom, SoBig, WannaCry, DarkTequila, and BlackEnergy caused over $95 billion dollars in harms around the world, assaulting a great many clients and focusing on banks, government establishments, and normal individuals.

Two days remain to place a bid, you should be very careful to check out the fine print before bidding. There is live stream you can check that will last until the end of the auction.

https://thepersistenceofchaos.com/