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Hacker Exploits Vulnerable Printers
- The hacker found about 50,000 printers exposed online with open ports he could exploit easily.
- He wrote a simple three-line script to send a print message to all these printers at once.
Hacker's 24-Hour Printer Attack
- The hacker ran his script for about 24 hours to print messages on 50,000 printers.
- He excitedly watched and shared updates, seeing some tweets from printers' owners confirming the prints.
Star Power Amplifies Security Awareness
- Leveraging PewDiePie's popularity brought massive media attention to the printer vulnerability.
- Using a popular figure's name amplified awareness much more than a plain security message would.