Meanings
- uncountablecomputingThe act of stealing information from mobile devices by placing a data-stealing device that appears to be a charging station in a place where passers-by are likely to plug their devices into it.
Through juice jacking, hackers have found an innovative way to compromise smart technology and potentially steal data or infect devices.
2021 June 24, Dr Thaddeus Eze, ECCWS 2021 20th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, Academic Conferences Inter Ltd, →ISBN, page 4531 more example
In the Blackhat community, one type of charging attacks is called juice jacking attacks, which can access to a significant amount of personal data without the user's permission and can install hidden malicious software on the device, as long as the device is unlocked.
2016, Zheng Yan, Refik Molva, Wojciech Mazurczyk, Raimo Kantola, Network and System Security, page 201
Origin
Coined by cybersecurity reporter Brian Krebs in 2011.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 充電陷阱 /充电陷阱
- 充電陷阱 /充电陷阱 (chōngdiàn xiànjǐng)stealing information from mobile devices
Finnish virtakaappaus
- virtakaappausstealing information from mobile devices
French juice jacking, attaque à la recharge
- juice jackingstealing information from mobile devices
- attaque à la rechargestealing information from mobile devices
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juice jacking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/juice%20jacking
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