"Researchers Hijack 28,000 Printers to Show How Easily They Can Be Hacked"

Researchers at CyberNews hacked 28,000 printers to highlight how easy it is to compromise them and the importance of improving security for such devices. They found that more than 800,000 printers could be accessed over the internet. Out of a sample of 50,000 exposed printers, 28,000 followed instructions from a script sent by the researchers to print a security guide, suggesting that hackers can take over 56% of exposed printers. Past research on the vulnerability of printers to hacking has shown that the flaws contained by these devices can result in crashes and the theft of sensitive information. This article continues to discuss new research demonstrating the vulnerability of printers to being hijacked and printer security issues discovered in other studies.

Security Week reports "Researchers Hijack 28,000 Printers to Show How Easily They Can Be Hacked"