Reading the article I found myself dwelling on the quote,
"People need to take their printer out of the public internet unless it's needed..."
I'm trying to think of a single reason that a printer would need to be exposed to the public internet in any way at all. Even a corporation sharing printers between offices surely would rely on inter-site VPNs rather than just opening ports and exposing the printer to the world?
If anyone can think of a good reason to put a printer on the internet I'm all ears because I'm struggling to think of a good reason.
Credit to the teenager for not doing something malicious and in fact just being a little playful with it and educating the owners with a cheeky print out. Good work, I hope he can do well going forward and get a career from his skills despite his worries about grades etc.
"People need to take their printer out of the public internet unless it's needed..."
I'm trying to think of a single reason that a printer would need to be exposed to the public internet in any way at all. Even a corporation sharing printers between offices surely would rely on inter-site VPNs rather than just opening ports and exposing the printer to the world?
If anyone can think of a good reason to put a printer on the internet I'm all ears because I'm struggling to think of a good reason.
Credit to the teenager for not doing something malicious and in fact just being a little playful with it and educating the owners with a cheeky print out. Good work, I hope he can do well going forward and get a career from his skills despite his worries about grades etc.