These Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables Will Hijack Your Computer

I plugged the Apple lightning cable into my iPod and connected it to my Mac, 
just as I normally would. My iPod started charging, iTunes detected the device, 
and my iPod produced the pop-up asking if I wanted to trust this computer. All 
expected behaviour.

But this cable was hiding a secret. A short while later, a hacker remotely 
opened a terminal on my Mac's screen, letting them run commands on my computer 
as they saw fit. This is because this wasn't a regular cable. Instead, it had 
been modified to include an implant; extra components placed inside the cable 
letting the hacker remotely connect to the computer.

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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evj4qw/these-iphone-lightning-cables-will-hack-your-computer




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