DENVER — The FBI is warning the public against using charging stations in malls and at airports, according to a tweet from the bureau's Denver office.
The public charging stations could be a conduit for bad actors to introduce malware onto personal devices, officials warn.
The FBI didn't respond to ABC News' request for comment on whether there has been a rise in malicious activity related to the cyber-theft tactic known as"juice jacking." "The tweet's message that public USB ports have been used by"bad actors" as points of origin to load malware or spyware on electronic devices connected to those public charging stations suggests a fairly high level of technical capability in order to carry out these operations," Ali, now an Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy said.
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