https://locodigital.com.br/en/tags/mobile-devices/Recent content in Mobile Devices on LocodigitalHugoen-USThu, 13 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0300https://locodigital.com.br/en/technology/juice-jacking-how-public-usb-chargers-steal-data/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0300https://locodigital.com.br/en/technology/juice-jacking-how-public-usb-chargers-steal-data/<p>You're at the airport, at the gate, phone battery on its last breath. Two meters ahead: a free USB charging station. Looks like luck. You plug in the cable. What happens over the next few minutes you don't see — but an attacker who prepared that outlet may be seeing all of it. That's juice jacking.</p> <h2>What is juice jacking?</h2> <p>The term was coined in 2011 by researcher Brian Krebs after a demonstration at DEF CON, the world's largest security conference. The premise is technical but straightforward: a USB connector doesn't only carry power — it carries data too. A compromised charging station or a tampered cable can do both at the same time, without you noticing.</p>