--- title: "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 source_url: https://www.zdnet.com/article/academics-steal-data-from-air-gapped-systems-via-a-keyboards-leds/ type: article source: "Lobsters" published: 2024-02-21T05:23:05.948Z updated: 2024-05-09T08:22:04.995Z tags: ["security", "malware", "data-exfiltration"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 4 comments: 0 language: 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: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- 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)