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A USB data blocker allows you to plug into Wi-Fi hotspots and USB charging ports safely. These solutions eliminate the risk of infecting your phone, laptop, or tablet with malware, and also prevent hackers from install and running malicious code on your system. Its DEF C!

A USB data blocker would most likely have prevented the data breach in this scenario. A USB data blocker is a device that blocks data transfer over USB connections. It can be used to protect against attacks that involve connecting a malicious USB device, such as a charger or USB drive, to a computer or other device. In this scenario, the executive was charging a phone in a public area and likely connected the phone to a USB charging port. If the charging port had been equipped with a USB data blocker, it would have prevented any data transfer between the phone and the charging port, and the breach would not have occurred. A firewall, device pin, or biometrics would not have prevented this type of attack.

What if he's plugged into the wall Not using USB? Then it would be a PIN and that would also help if he was using USB because you still have to use a PIN on the phone to connect for data....?

A USB data blocker, also known as a USB condom or USB port blocker, is a hardware device that allows for charging a device via a USB port while preventing data transfer. It achieves this by blocking the data pins of the USB port, only allowing power to pass through. This prevents any unauthorized data transfer or potential malware infection that could occur when connecting a device to an unknown or untrusted USB port. In the given scenario, the executive's data breach occurred when charging a phone in a public area. If the executive had used a USB data blocker while charging, it would have prevented any data transfer from occurring and mitigated the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information on the phone.

Got this question 20 june 2023. Some days ago the comunity was split because one of the possible anwers was DLP. Thankfully, that option was not in the exam, making the answer way more intuitive. Came here specifically to sulay this but I'm happy to see that ExamTopic team corrected the question. Good luck everyone! Had 75 questions, 4 pbq and 90% of the stuff was from here, pbq included.

I haven't seen any phone with a USB yet.