--- title: Academics steal data from air-gapped systems via a... description: Academics have discovered a method to steal data from air-gapped systems using a keyboard's LEDs. This attack is a concern for highly secure environments, such... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/academics-steal-data-from-air-gapped-systems-via-a-keyboard-s-leds-fs5ksd2vv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Academics steal data from air-gapped systems via a keyboard's LEDs | daily.dev og:description: Academics have discovered a method to steal data from air-gapped systems using a keyboard's LEDs. This attack is a concern for highly secure environments, such... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/academics-steal-data-from-air-gapped-systems-via-a-keyboard-s-leds-fs5ksd2vv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Fs5KSD2Vv.png og:image:alt: Academics steal data from air-gapped systems via a keyboard's LEDs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Academics steal data from air-gapped systems via a keyboard's LEDs **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 3 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Academics have discovered a method to steal data from air-gapped systems using a keyboard's LEDs. This attack is a concern for highly secure environments, such as government networks storing top-secret documents. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#malware](https://daily.dev/tags/malware), [#data-exfiltration](https://daily.dev/tags/data-exfiltration) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/academics-steal-data-from-air-gapped-systems-via-a-keyboard-s-leds-fs5ksd2vv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Academics steal data from air-gapped systems via a keyboard's LEDs","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/academics-steal-data-from-air-gapped-systems-via-a-keyboard-s-leds-fs5ksd2vv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/academics-steal-data-from-air-gapped-systems-via-a-keyboard-s-leds-fs5ksd2vv"},"datePublished":"2024-02-21T05:23:05.948Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:22:04.995Z","description":"Academics have discovered a method to steal data from air-gapped systems using a keyboard's LEDs. This attack is a concern for highly secure environments, such...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/79376cec3f394e4c5c07c93af53e74f3?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/79376cec3f394e4c5c07c93af53e74f3?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/academics-steal-data-from-air-gapped-systems-via-a-keyboard-s-leds-fs5ksd2vv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,malware,data-exfiltration","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Academics steal data from air-gapped systems via a keyboard's LEDs"}]} ```