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HP Hit With Lawsuit Over Flaming Printer Hack
Wired News HP says that it's never heard of its printers being hacked by criminals and that its printers have “thermal breakers” that would prevent this kind of hacker inferno. But the company has acknowledged the underlying problem in a security alert. … |
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HP douses firebomb printer hack threat
Register In a demo, Columbia University's Professor Salvatore Stolfo and Ang Cui show how it might be possible to instruct a hacked printer to overheat a component used to dry ink, causing paper to heat up and eventually smoke. In the demo a thermal switch … HP laser printer hack raises concern, millions vulnerable (updated) HP slams 'sensational' reports about LaserJet printer hack vulnerability Exclusive: Millions of printers open to devastating hack attack, researchers say |
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Can a computer hacker make your laser printer burst into flames?
Toronto Star In an attempt to show how some Internet-connected electronics are easy to hack, a computer science department research team at Columbia University in New York City hacked an HP printer. The instructions they sent caused it to heat up enough to singe a … HP douses fiery printer hack theory |
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HP laser printer hack raises concern, millions vulnerable (updated)
TechSpot This issue is reminiscent of another exploit discovered this summer in Apple laptops, allowing hackers to destroy li-ion batteries via unsecured firmware. hp , hacking , security , firmware , printers , columbia university. HP douses firebomb printer hack threat HP douses fiery printer hack theory HP strikes back against printer hack claims |