Chinese tech giant Tencent has warned that not all cyber attacks focus on data theft. Sometimes the intent is “to achieve destruction of the physical world through digital means.”
The company’s researchers have just disclosed a serious new vulnerability in many of the mass-market fast chargers now used around the world.
When you connect your device to a fast charger with a USB cable, there is a negotiation between the two, establishing the most powerful charge the device can safely handle. This negotiation is managed between the firmware on the device and the firmware on the charger, and assumes both will play nicely with one another.
But Tencent’s researchers have now proven that a compromised charger can override this negotiation, pushing more power down the cable than the device can safely handle, likely destroying the device and potentially even setting it on fire.

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I always suspected this. Thats why I dnt use fast chargers.

Abeg fast chargers are among the best things that happened to smartphones ever.
They better find a fix for the problem cos fast chargers are here to stay

Name of it is badpower.

It affects devices with fast charging by modifying charger software, making the device request for more voltage.

Devices without option to update the charger firmware should be saving up to buy another phone.

Software updates is your saving grace so it's better to do it. Also don't download apps from questionable sites and stores.

Have anyone heard of juice jacking