Printer Hacked! I’ve just found a PERL script that changes any HP network printer’s default READY message to whatever you want and I have it running in Terminal on my Mac.

For now the message is set as on the picture below. Let’s see how long it takes for someone to notice.

I have a few messages “waiting” to try later, like:

I AM WATCHING YOU,

CHECK ENGINE OIL,

NO TOILET PAPER,

LASER RADIATION PROBLEM
PLEASE STAY AWAY,

PLEASE INSERT MORE PAPER
IN TRAY 5 (which doesn’t exist)

PLEASE CHANGE
PINK TONER NOW (it’s a black&white printer)

THIS PRINTER WILL EXPLODE
IN ABOUT ONE MINUTE

and whatever comes to my mind, also accepting suggestions via this post’s comments (please).

Next time someone gets in the printer cubicle, which I can see from my desk, I’ll try to start a dialog:
HELLO, “WHATEVER_NAME”
I NEED YOUR HELP

PLEASE HELP ME
I AM BEING MOLESTED BY “NAME”

UPDATE:

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