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Skip the airport chargers: Gee warns Sea-Tac travelers of ‘juice jacking’

Jun 9, 2025, 6:25 PM

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A gate at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. (Photo: Chris Sullivan, 成人X站 Newsradio)

(Photo: Chris Sullivan, 成人X站 Newsradio)

Checking your flight time on your smartphone and notice your battery鈥檚 low? Don鈥檛 use the airport chargers, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) .

Gee Scott, co-host of “The Gee and Ursula Show” on 成人X站 Newsradio, explained why travelers should be wary of “juice jacking.”

“What is juice jacking? It’s the type of cyber attack where hackers install malware on public charging stations, potentially stealing your data or affecting your device,” Gee said on “Seattle’s Morning News” last week. “So right now, TSA and them are warning travelers鈥攄on’t plug in your devices directly into the airport USB ports.

“You sit down at the gate, there are USB ports and everything like that, and you just go plug it up,” Gee continued. “But even when you plug it up, you notice how slow it is. Chill with that.”

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Charlie Harger, co-host of “Seattle’s Morning News,” said he is the type of person who gets nervous if his phone is below 80%.

To which Gee cheekily responded, “If there is a guy that’s like, ‘Hey, I can’t let my phone get below 80,’ they usually iron their underwear.”

Listen to the full conversation below.

Listen to聽鈥淪eattle鈥檚 Morning News鈥聽with Charlie Harger and Manda Factor weekday mornings from 5-9 a.m. on 成人X站 Newsradio. Subscribe to the podcast聽here.

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