TSA warns travelers about sneaky way hackers are stealing people's data at airports

Flight passengers need to know about a new way hackers can access personal information. 

"In this technology age, cybersecurity has never been more important," TSA wrote in the post. 

"Hackers can install malware at USB ports (we've been told that's called 'juice/port jacking')." 

It continued, "So, when you're at an airport, do not plug your phone directly into a USB port."

The agency instead suggested bringing a TSA-compliant power brick or battery pack to charge your devices.

"Do not ever enter any sensitive info while using unsecure Wi-Fi," the agency warned.

"This is not new in terms of how they're doing this," Knutsson said. 

Once the malware is installed, the hackers will search for sensitive and personal information such as passwords, banking information and credit card numbers, said Knutsson.

Knutsson highly encouraged people not to plug the USB part of the phone charger into public ports, and instead to plug the charging block into an outlet.