An example of a melted phone. While this was not melted by the hack, the damage could be similar if the battery is overcharged.Photo: Nathaniel Stern / Flickr (Fair use) Your phone’s power pack is typically a relatively harmless piece of technology, but recently, researchers at a Chinese security company …
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Getty Not all cyber attacks focus on data theft. Sometimes the intention is “to destroy the physical world through digital media,” warns Chinese tech giant Tencent. Company researchers have just revealed a serious new vulnerability in many of the mass market fast chargers now in use worldwide. When you connect …
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