There’s something particularly badass about female assassins. Now, with Chinese hacker SexyCyborg in our midst, this archetype is translated into the tech community. Complete with a built-in penetration kit, her Wu Ying Shoes are the 3D-printed high heels of your servers' nightmares: each shoe has a drawer in the wedge that can be easily slid out without taking the shoes off, for optimal timing the next time you need to hack a corporate facility. The drawers contain a USB keystroke recorder, a retractable ethernet cable, a “shim for opening padlocks,” a lock-pick, a pen testing drop box, and a wireless router.
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SexyCyborg drew from Wong Fei Hung's “shadowless kick” for her inspiration, the blindingly swift-kick that the fabled martial artist used while distracting opponents. According to her original post, “With my shadowless shoes I distract the target with my… upper body and they don’t see the real danger on my feet.”
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