This charging cable can hack your device #hacker #cybersecurity #pbdpodcast

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]This looks like something I would use to charge my phone. This ethical hacker explains how a charging [music] cable can hack your device. 100% same thing.

[00:00:09]The reason why I have this little orange thing here is because there is no way I'd ever know that this is not a charger >> [laughter] >> without this orange tag because it is that that uh perfect. So, the NSA selling these for $20,000.

[00:00:21]This is a charger that will work. I can hook it into my phone.

[00:00:26]Charges.

[00:00:27]Charging.

[00:00:27]>> It could act like a charger forever or this Inside of this is a Wi-Fi chip, a mini computer, uh and this thing emulates a keyboard [music] and can type at 860 characters per second. Let's say I want to install a virus on your Android or something. I'm going to plug this into USB-C.

[00:00:44]This side I'm not going to connect to anything. An interface here that I can connect with. So, I'm going to go in the file menu. I'm going to load payload one. Then hit build and run.

[00:00:53]See how fast that's typing?