Niels1955

Q: Bogus hardware for 5S - a security concern?

I recently bought a cheap Chinese charging socket adapter, which enables the use of the old IP4 socket for charging.

As I connected it the first time, my phone downloaded a full album of U2 into my Music folder and erased all other songs in the folder.

My concern is now that a virus has been installed into the phone, enabling someone to track whatever I do, but is that a relevant concern, and what has really happened as I started using this unauthorised hardware?

It is a completely standard 5S phone with no "jailbreaking" or any other irregularities.

Posted on Mar 11, 2015 3:56 AM

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