[163569] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: chargen is the new DDoS tool?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ricky Beam)
Tue Jun 11 23:27:36 2013
To: "Jimmy Hess" <mysidia@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:27:05 -0400
From: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAAAwwbWCc+TNc+TCXbLtQ8SP0ZkmaoP=pJW7yhejM-aZhZSnLQ@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:52:52 -0400, Jimmy Hess <mysidia@gmail.com> wrote:
> Who really has a solid motive to make them stop working (other than a
> printer manufacturer who wants to sell them more) ?
Duh, so people cannot print to them. (amungst various other creative
pranks)
From a cybercriminal pov, to swipe the things you're printing... like that
CC authorization form you just printed, or a confidential contract, etc.
(also, in many offices, the printer is also the scanner and fax)
--Ricky
