Hacker stackoverflowin pwning printers, forcing rogue botnet warning print jobs

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If your printer printed a “YOUR PRINTER HAS BEEN PWND’D” message from “stackoverflowin,” then it’s just one of more than 150,000 printers that have been pwned. Although the message likely referenced your printer being part of a botnet or “flaming botnet,” the hacker responsible says it’s not and that he is trying to raise awareness about the pitiful state of printer security.

One of the messages the hacker caused to print was:

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Story added 6. February 2017, content source with full text you can find at link above.