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Juice Jacking

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Juice jacking is a theoretical form of compromise against smartphones, tablets and other devices that use the same cable for charging and data transfer, typically USB, in which an attacker uses a compromised charging port or cable either to install malware on the device or to surreptitiously copy sensitive data from it. Researchers have demonstrated such charging-port attacks under controlled laboratory conditions, but as of May 2023 multiple reviews had found no credible reported real-world cases of juice jacking outside of research settings, and security experts generally assess the risk to typical users as low relative to other threats. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1. Juice jacking (Wikipedia)
In Group: Hacking, Intrusion and Data Breach, Lead sentence
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Juice jacking is a theoretical type of compromise of devices like smartphones and tablets which use the same cable for charging and data transfer, typically a USB cable.
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