Millions of printers open to devastating hack attack

[ANFPS26]

Printers can be remotely controlled by computer criminals over the Internet, with the potential to steal personal information, attack otherwise secure networks and even cause physical damage,"

http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/...en-to-devastating-hack-attack-researchers-say

Jim

 

[jimbopalmer]

but in some cases, printers are configured to accept print jobs via the Internet"

I must say, I have never seen a printer 'accidentally' configured to allow printing over the internet. Anyone using a NAT router is completely protected unless they Port Forward port 631 to their printer and use an Internet Printing Protocol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Printing_Protocol

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.