Darknet Diaries

Ep 31: Hacker Giraffe

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Feb 5, 2019
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ANECDOTE

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.
ANECDOTE

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.
INSIGHT

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.
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