{
 "slug": "hak5-plunder-bug",
 "name": "Plunder Bug LAN Tap",
 "maker": "Hak5",
 "category": "instruments",
 "categoryLabel": "Instruments",
 "status": "listed",
 "statusLabel": "Listed by maker",
 "description": "A pocket Ethernet tap that copies traffic from a wired link to a USB-C host for passive capture.",
 "goodFor": "Watch traffic on a wire you are authorised to tap.",
 "youNeed": "A host computer and written authorisation.",
 "tradeoff": "Dimensions are not published.",
 "tags": [
  "LAN tap",
  "Passive capture",
  "USB-C",
  "Ethernet"
 ],
 "price": "US$130",
 "priceShort": "$130",
 "priceFrom": "shop.hak5.org",
 "checked": "2026-09-17",
 "url": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/hak5-plunder-bug/",
 "shortUrl": "https://gadgets.sh/hak5-plunder-bug",
 "markdown": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/hak5-plunder-bug.md",
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 "cutout": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/cutouts/hak5-plunder-bug.webp",
 "shareCard": "https://gadgets.sh/og/hak5-plunder-bug.jpg",
 "shops": [
  {
   "merchant": "Hak5",
   "label": "Buy from Hak5",
   "kind": "shop",
   "orderable": true,
   "url": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/bug?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hak5-plunder-bug&utm_content=api",
   "note": null
  },
  {
   "merchant": "Lab401",
   "label": "Buy from Lab401",
   "kind": "shop",
   "orderable": true,
   "url": "https://lab401.com/products/hak5-plunder-bug-lan-sniffer?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hak5-plunder-bug&utm_content=api",
   "note": null
  }
 ],
 "specs": [
  {
   "group": "Core hardware",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Processor and memory",
     "value": "ASIX AX88772C USB Ethernet chipset",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/bug"
    },
    {
     "label": "Display",
     "value": "None",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/bug"
    },
    {
     "label": "Radios",
     "value": "None; wired Ethernet only",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/bug"
    },
    {
     "label": "Power",
     "value": "USB-C, 5 V at 20–300 mA",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/bug"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Details from the product page",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Ethernet",
     "value": "Auto-negotiating 10/100 Base-T",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/bug"
    },
    {
     "label": "Chipset",
     "value": "ASIX AX88772C",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/bug"
    },
    {
     "label": "Host support",
     "value": "Connection scripts for Windows, macOS and Linux",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/bug"
    },
    {
     "label": "Modes",
     "value": "Passive recording or active scanning",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/bug"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Buying",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Price",
     "value": "US$130 on shop.hak5.org",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/bug"
    },
    {
     "label": "Availability",
     "value": "In stock on the day of review",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/bug"
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "docs": [
  {
   "label": "Maker product page",
   "url": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/bug"
  },
  {
   "label": "Hak5 documentation",
   "url": "https://docs.hak5.org/"
  }
 ],
 "blueprint": {
  "openness": "closed",
  "opennessLabel": "Closed design",
  "summary": "Plunder Bug LAN Tap is closed hardware; the only confirmed chip is its ASIX USB-Ethernet controller, and no schematic/PCB/BOM is published.",
  "files": [],
  "repos": [],
  "parts": [
   {
    "part": "ASIX AX88772C",
    "role": "USB 2.0-to-Fast-Ethernet controller",
    "datasheet": "https://www.asix.com.tw/en/product/USBEthernet/High-Speed_USB_Ethernet/AX88772C"
   }
  ],
  "notes": "Checked shop.hak5.org/products/bug (200) and hak5/plunderbug-scripts on GitHub (a small helper-script repo, not hardware design). ASIX product page for AX88772C verified 200; this matches the chip already identified in the batch data.",
  "checked": "2026-09-27"
 },
 "sourceFiles": null,
 "firmware": [],
 "chips": [
  "ax88772"
 ]
}