Michigan AG Warns Of "Juice Jacking" At Public USB Charging Stations

By Lauren Winfrey, CBS Detroit

April 18, 2023

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is warning people about the dangers of "juice jacking," a cyber-theft tactic used by hackers taking advantage of public charging stations.

Ida Byrd-Hill is the founder and CEO of Automation Workz, a tech and cyber security training company. Byrd-Hill says you could be susceptible to Juice Jacking when plugging a device into a public USB port with your own charging cable, or when using an infected cable given to you by someone else. If this happens the personal data on your device could easily be stolen.

"Don't use any port you don't own," Byrd-Hill said. "Most people have gotten so accustomed and trusting of the [USB] port, we don't even think of them as being a mini computer."

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