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Anthony Spadafora

New ChoiceJacking attack lets hackers steal data from your phone using public chargers — how to stay safe

A person charging their phone at a public charging station.

If you ever used a public charger to top off your iPhone or Android phone at places like an airport or the mall, you definitely want to think twice before doing so again as researchers have devised a new attack method that allows malicious chargers to steal data from vulnerable phones.

As reported by Ars Technica, Apple and Google have been working for over a decade to make their devices less prone to juice jacking attacks where real-world hackers infect charging phones with malware.

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