{"id":9599,"date":"2023-04-11T15:38:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T13:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/11\/fbi-warns-consumers-of-malware-threat-to-phones-from-public-charging-stations\/"},"modified":"2023-04-11T15:38:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T13:38:19","slug":"fbi-warns-consumers-of-malware-threat-to-phones-from-public-charging-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/11\/fbi-warns-consumers-of-malware-threat-to-phones-from-public-charging-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI warns consumers of malware threat to phones from public charging stations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Juice jacking\u2019 from public USB charging ports in airports, malls and hotels could give hackers access to sensitive information<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/fbi\">FBI<\/a> is alerting consumers not to use public charging stations, warning that fraudsters could infect such machines with malware and steal their data.<\/p>\n<p>In the newly released warnings, bureau officials cautioned customers to avoid using public USB charging ports in airports, malls and hotels, noting that hackers could use the opportunity to access a person\u2019s phone or tablet.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/apr\/11\/public-charging-stations-malware-phones-fbi\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a4162fc89e81840565665b39134e91c8c9532780\/0_170_5088_3053\/master\/5088.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=675141542fe6322270833846730c9b24\" title=\"FBI warns consumers of malware threat to phones from public charging stations\" \/>\u2018Juice jacking\u2019 from public USB charging ports in airports, malls and hotels could give hackers access to sensitive information<br \/>\nThe FBI is alerting consumers not to use public charging stations, warning that fraudsters could infect such machines with malware and steal their data.<br \/>\nIn the newly released warnings, bureau officials cautioned customers to avoid using public USB charging ports in airports, malls and hotels, noting that hackers could use the opportunity to access a person\u2019s phone or tablet. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Juice jacking\u2019 from public USB charging ports in airports, malls and hotels could give hackers access to sensitive information The FBI is alerting consumers not to use public charging stations, warning that fraudsters could infect such machines with malware and steal their data. In the newly released warnings, bureau officials cautioned customers to avoid using &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/11\/fbi-warns-consumers-of-malware-threat-to-phones-from-public-charging-stations\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FBI warns consumers of malware threat to phones from public charging stations<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9599"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}