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Story: Hackers use Google to access photocopiers
Posted by: Anonymous (Tuesday 28 September 2004, 10:59 AM)
Don't we have enough real security concerns in the world without articles like this? The information in this article is misleading, at best, and the implications it makes are simply false.
The implication is that one can simply "search for online devices" and "what what people photocopy" is entirely unfounded.
Yes, one can obtain user credentials from web servers that are not properly secured--but doing so is not trivial. And using those credentials to get some amount information about photocopied jobs is theoretically possible--if the photocopier is available on the network, improperly secured and improbably designed--all of which are *large* IFs.
There's enough confusion and concern over security and technology in the world. ZDNet's choice to publish bunk like this and fan the flames of confusion is unfortunate.
Full Talkback thread
Story: Hackers use Google to access photocopiers
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Absolute rubbish, you can open a web page but not... Anonymous -
http://tstokke.eerc.und.nodak.edu/parser.cgi?... Any Who -
OK lets try and put this one to bed and... Greg Molloy -
My boss saw this article and now he's asking me to... Anonymous
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Don't we have enough real security concerns in the... Anonymous -
This article made very little sense. I was unable... Anonymous
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Go read *this* ZDNet article if you want spec... Betty Law Morgan
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Please provide link for the referenced a... Vicki -
I found it by searching for "photoc... Phil McKerracher
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The comments are a cause for concern since it... Brendan
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dude, copiers now have ethernet cards in them... Ogden Larch
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It is POSSIBLE that a hacker gets user credentials... Bahman Baesmat
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I can only talk for Canon photocopiers who my comp... Greg Molloy
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It is possible to extract sensitive informati... Anonymous
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Human stupidity and social engineering is the grea... Anonymous
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I think that you cannot access photocopiers from a... Jon Tribe
