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> There are no reports of such attacks ever having happened in the wild. The FBI disagree: > Bad actors have figured out ways to use public USB ports to intro
by crepple 3y ago
> There are no reports of such attacks ever having happened in the wild.
The FBI disagree:
> Bad actors have figured out ways to use public USB ports to introduce malware and monitoring software onto devices. Carry your own charger and USB cord and use an electrical outlet instead.
I'd rather take advice from them than a random commenter here who has no insight into what's actually happening within the criminal world.
- boomboomsubban 3y ago>The FBI disagree No it doesn't. The line you quoted says such an attack is theoretically possible, it doesn't say it has ever happened. And as another comment mentions, the tweet wasn't some update on things happening, they were parroting an old general practices guide.