The hacker did it in a good faith and also informed HP about the vulnerability. A critical vulnerability in printers has led to the hacking of thousands of printing devices not at just one location or city but across the globe. Reportedly, the flaw was exploited by a hacker called Stackoverflowin, who managed to hack 150,000 printers at a global level. The hacking spree seems to be the hacker’s way to inform the world regarding the vulnerable nature of printers because as per his findings the Internet-connected printers are functioning without any firewall protection. This is the main reason why almost any hacker can exploit them, said the hacker. “People have done this in the past and sent racist flyers, etc. I’m not about that, I’m about helping people to fix their problem, but having a bit of fun at the same time ;) Everyone’s been cool about it and thanked me, to be honest,” claimed the hacker. To prove his point, Stackoverflowin used an automated script and sca...
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