Aus Security Blog — Faraday

An invisible force capable of destroying all electronic devices in its way, from smartphones and laptops to whole city power grids, sounds like something right out of a science fiction film. But this phenomenon is genuine, known as an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) or transient electromagnetic disturbance (TED). 

The world of technology is accelerating rapidly, and the advent of wireless communications being all around us from our home internet, computers, phones, your car keys, and even the keys to our front doors. Things are "remotely" connected and interconnected than ever before.