of Central Bureau of Investigation (CIB) advises the public to exercise caution when charging fees. smartphone In public after Thai man’s Android phone was stolen hacked On the weekend. CIB believes hackers have found a way to modify charging cables to steal personal information from phone users.
Wisanusan Sam-pok revealed in a Facebook post on Sunday that 101,560 baht had mysteriously disappeared from his bank account. Wisanusan said he does not use the phone other than to charge it in public.
He added that he has two phones, an Android and an iPhone. He mainly uses his iPhone for calling, messaging, banking, etc. and Android phone only for playing games.
Wisanusan said he had not received any fraudulent phone calls, downloaded any strange applications, or clicked on any suspicious website links, but the money had mysteriously disappeared from his bank account.
Widsanusawan received a notice from his bank about a transaction he did not make. As he took a closer look at his phone, he noticed an unknown application that he suspected was the app the hackers used to skim his data.
A netizen commented on Widsanusawan’s post, saying that hackers may have used the charging port and cable for data skimming.
CIB reported yesterday that hackers can use remote access points to control skimming chips embedded in any type of charger port.
Hackers can use the chip to steal personal information such as passwords, financial data and bank account numbers from smartphones or infect them with malware.
CIB said people who need to charge their phones in public should be careful when borrowing a stranger’s charger or plugging their own charger into a public charging port. I am warning you.
Parinya Homanek, a member of the National Cybersecurity Commission, said such hacks are mainly done when victims access commercial banners embedded with malware or download applications outside official application stores. It states that it can occur on Android phones.