Reply to post: Re: Printers attached to PC's

The curse of knowing a bit about IT: 'Could you just...?' and 'No I haven't changed anything'

Giles C Silver badge

Re: Printers attached to PC's

You could just start sending random print jobs to it in the middle of the night... or send a message telling them they have could have been hacked and this is how to stop it occurring.

Seriously though the security on these home printers is laughable and should never be allowed out the factory. Forget the unknown IoT stuff, the mainstream manufacturers need to get in order first.

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