Turning that plug into an attack vector could have serious security consequences.

It was later demonstrated by researchers Adam Caudill and Brandon Wilson who exploited the flaw by reverse-engineering USB firmware.

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The demo showed that similar hacks could work against Android phones when attached to targeted computers.

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source: www.techworm.net