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Is criminal an offensive word today? Is that why they keep using the term bad actors? Cause I really don’t see Lindsay Lohan as being up to these shenanigans.

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There's no storage in a USB cable - only what it is hooked up to - I guess the USB cables these criminals are using are specially made with memory. I assume the cable USB plug would be a little larger than normal.

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Anyone using a "public" or free USB port gets what they deserve. Carry a battery or your own cables you fucking savages
Or just buy a case with the battery pack built in. They will last all day.
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35 minutes ago, Bevo said:

There's no storage in a USB cable - only what it is hooked up to - I guess the USB cables these criminals are using are specially made with memory. I assume the cable USB plug would be a little larger than normal.

It's the USB ports that are sending and receiving malware/data, not the cables.

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3 minutes ago, SquishMitten said:

It's the USB ports that are sending and receiving malware/data, not the cables.

Gotcha - I guess criminals go to the airport and open up the USB port boxes. Obviously, airports should just provide electrical boxes and have people use their own voltage regulators.

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1 hour ago, next2naus said:

Anyone using a "public" or free USB port gets what they deserve. Carry a battery or your own cables you fucking savages

But what if my phone is running really low and I need to connect to the "Free public I'm really safe trust me airport wifi" ?

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2 hours ago, Pig Bellmont said:

Is this news? My company has had these warnings in cybersecurity training for the last 5 years 

Yeah, this has been a known issue for years.  No idea why it is popping up again.

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4 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

That's less awful that what I assumed was happening here. 

Juice Newton stroking you off?

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There's no storage in a USB cable - only what it is hooked up to - I guess the USB cables these criminals are using are specially made with memory. I assume the cable USB plug would be a little larger than normal.
USB C cables do have microchips in them to allow feature negotiation, so I assume one could be built to inject malware, and probably without making it any larger than existing cables

https://connectorsupplier.com/usb-type-c-what-you-need-to-know/
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