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by yellow_lead 618 days ago
I don't think so.

> Next, the infected computer infects any external drives that get inserted. When the infected drive is plugged into an air-gapped system, it collects and stores data of interest. Last, when the drive is inserted into the Internet-connected device, the data is transferred to an attacker-controlled server.

This implies the ability to turn a common USB drive into a vector for malware.

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PocketAdmin can be both a HID storage device and a keyboard.
But a capability of the malware is turning a common USB device into an infection vector. This is not a a capability in PocketAdmin AFAICT