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A few years back I bought a used HP volume laser printer on ebay. When I went to configure it it had some existing ip addresses entered and when I checked they
by larrys 13y ago
A few years back I bought a used HP volume laser printer on ebay. When I went to configure it it had some existing ip addresses entered and when I checked they trace back to the CIA or the NSA (honesty can't remember which but it was one or the other).
Reading this post got me thinking
a) you would think they would have flushed that from the machine before giving to a third party (where I purchased from).
b) I would imagine that some agency (not necessarily of our government) could sell used equipment with the express intent of modifying in some way to collect info. Possibly even target (ala the dropped usb in a parking lot) specific companies or individuals.
- sneak 13y agoTry not to think about the companies that are these days printing out QR codes for bitcoin secret keys to store in bank vaults that will eventually hold double-digit millions in the next few years. So many orgs still have terrible opsec (and believe otherwise), and there's basically no excuse this far into the game. :(