Last week, the notorious hacker and troll Andrew Auernheimer showed just how easy it is to use insecure internet-connected printers to spread hateful racist propaganda. The hacker, also known as Weev, said he used two lines of code to make 20,000 printers, many in colleges and universities, spit out an anti-semitic flyer all over the United States.
His exploit quickly made the rounds on socialmedia and localnewsoutlets, showing the staff at American schools that they need to make sure their printers aren’t set up in a way that lets anyone, from anywhere in the world, abuse them.
“Printer security is basically a joke…and it’s the elephant on the network.”
Days after the first reports of the incident, a few seem to have gotten the message. But as of Monday afternoon, there are still more than 14,000 printers in colleges anduniversities in the US that are completely open to hackers, according to a search onShodan, a search engine for internet-connected devices. For the full article click here
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