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Old 27-09-2004, 11:47   #1
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Hackers use Google to access photocopiers

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communicatio...9167848,00.htm

Do hackers really want to see random hairy butts, or age-old jokes destined for notice boards? .. (yes, I know they may get some useful stuff too, but it's more funny to think of the geeks finding nothing but useless garbage)
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Old 01-10-2004, 23:38   #2
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Re: Hackers use Google to access photocopiers

What about copies of a companies secrets? Unpublished release dates of apps....government documents........financial organisations.

The implications are endless

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Re: Hackers use Google to access photocopiers

tbh never seen a networked photocpoier - let alone one with OCR..
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Re: Hackers use Google to access photocopiers

Next thing we know it Hackers will be hacking into our oven to see what we are cooking
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Re: Hackers use Google to access photocopiers

Our photocopiers at work are networked, so I can see how this could be possible. Although I'm not sure how you install a patch or ATF on a photocopier - where would you insert the CD?!?

Talking of networked things, years and years ago a Coke machine was hooked up to the web at MIT (I think), so it was possible to see if the machine had run out of a particular brand without having to walk to the machine.
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