Does/Can Hacking Physically Destroy Hardware?

This is in response to a few questions I have received by users asking this question.

Yes, but... This is my take(I would appreciate all other valuable takes on this matter as well)

In general, software cannot harm hardware. The vast majority of computers cannot be physically harmed by software.

There are few exceptions that can happen:
When software directly controls hardware; and when the hardware being controlled contains weaknesses that the program may exploit.

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