Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Security Researchers Say Thousands of 3D Printers Exposed Online

Is anything safe online anymore? Raise your hand if you are surprised by this revelation. Anyone? Hello?

The news is worrisome, thousands of 3D printers are exposed online to remote cyber attacks. According to the experts at SANS Internet Storm Center that scanned the internet for vulnerable 3D printers, a Shodan query has found more than 3,700 instances of OctoPrint interfaces exposed online,  most in the United States (1,600).