In late November 2018, a hacker found over 50,000 printers were exposed to the Internet in ways they shouldn’t have been. He wanted to raise awareness of this problem, and got himself into a whole heap of trouble.
Why are local printers being hacked for this pic.twitter.com/fAnNTIp6ds
— maddy (@maddyuhhh) November 29, 2018
If you’re going to be a hacktivist, follow the advice in this video to conduct proper OpSec.
Guest
Very special thanks goes to The Hacker Giraffe for sharing their story.
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Sources/Links
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/PRET
- https://casthack.thehackergiraffe.com/
- https://pastebin.com/h1yPYamc
- https://socialblade.com/youtube/compare/pewdiepie/tseries
- BBC interview with Hacker Giraffe and J3ws3r
Attribution
Theme music created by Breakmaster Cylinder. Theme song available for listen and download at bandcamp. Or listen to it on Spotify.
Additional music by Epidemic Sound.
Transcript
[FULL TRANSCRIPT]
JACK: Today we’re going to talk with a wanted man.
GIRAFFE: Hi. I’m Hacker Giraffe.
JACK: He’s responsible for doing some hacking that’s hit the news in the last few months.