Much ado about nothing. The context was, some journalists were highly suspicious of the USB fan that was included in the goody bag for the media during the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore, deeming it a cybersecurity risk. It’s probably good not to plug untrusted USB devices into your machine but c’mon please give the organizers more credit than this.
A University of Cambridge researcher wanted to know if the fan was bugged.
Source: ‘Suspicious’ USB fan given out at Trump-Kim summit deemed safe | ZDNet