This content was created by Robert Siciliano. This content was uploaded by Robert Siciliano. This is a YouTube video titled "How to Prevent Juice Jacking" (Boston 25 News segment, recorded 2019-11-22) featuring reporter Wale Alayou at Logan Airport. The piece is a short news report and on-the-street interviews with travelers and an expert warning about "juice jacking" (malware-infected public USB charging ports), explaining the risks and advising travelers to use wall outlets or portable battery chargers instead. Created as a travel/safety consumer advisory.
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Juice jacking, weird name, we know, but you don't want to be a victim.
No, you don't. Boston 25 News reporter Wale Alayou explains why you should take an extra look at your next phone charging station.
Since many of you will be traveling this holiday season, we thought it'd be a good time to remind you of the dangers of juice jacking.
No, not that type of juice. We're talking about protecting your phone.
Walk around the airport, I couldn't help but notice, but your phone is plugged into this public USB port. And you will notice—
I charge it before I leave, I charge it at the airport.
Almost everyone's— I just lost my adapter and I just use this. Charging their phone. Have you ever heard of juice jacking? Uh, no. Juice jacking is what happens when you plug your phone into a public USB port a person before you hacked with a virus.
It's a really simple scam where bad guys will infect the outlets, they'll infect the chargers, So there's a virus on there, and when you plug your device into it, that virus goes right onto your device, and it spies on everything that you do, usernames, passwords, credit cards, websites visited, email, the bad guy can see everything.
No, I didn't know that. Wow, so I should take it out now.
Yes, take it out and put it on the adapter. You are safe plugging it into a wall or an external battery, but anywhere else, not so much.
Anywhere there's a charging device, whether that's at a mall, a hotel, an airport, an airplane, right? You need to be aware and know that there's a possibility you can get a virus, especially if you have an Android mobile phone.
'Cause you never know whose people gonna use my information for what, or steal my money from bank.
Quite horrible, actually. You never feel safe. So now you know next time you travel, of course you'll need that neck pillow, yep, that toothbrush, you know that's important.— but you'll also need that portable battery. For now, that's the very latest here at Logan Airport. Wale Aliu, Boston 25 News.
