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Essentially, these attacks are made possible by reading the input voltage of a charger and then manipulating it.
Some of this genuinely seems like black magic.
Its at this point that we get to the real science: melting expensive stuff.
Well, thats hard to answer with a simple yes or no.
The researchers have included countermeasures, and disclosed their findings to relevant vendors.
None of what they found is good, but the information should be in safe hands now.
The paper also makes clear that wired charging cables are prone to its own vulnerabilities.
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