Hacker Weev Admits to Hacking Printers to Spew Racist and Anti-Semitic Messages

Andrew Auernheimer, a black hat hacker known as “Weev,” has admitted to hacking thousands of Internet-connected printers and making them print out racist and anti-semitic messages.

The actual hack took place on Thursday, March 24, and by the second day, local newspapers were reporting on thousands and hundreds of printers spewing out nasty messages all over their towns.