Man hacks Canon Printer to run Doom....

[Chicog]

As proof of the insecurity of the "Internet of things", this is a great piece of work!

A wireless Canon Pixma printer has been hacked to run classic video game Doom.

The hack was carried out by security researcher Michael Jordon, and it took four months to get the game running on the hardware.

He said he had undertaken the project to demonstrate the security problems surrounding devices that would form the "internet of things".

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29203776

[draftvader]

I just bought the lower version without the screen....gutted!

[tifino]

could have at least used red, being a blood splatter game'n'all

[Chicog]

It says in the article he could go further, but having spent four months on it, he's absolutely sick of it now.

[draftvader]

...and now I've had to install Doom on my phone.

"Knee deep in the dead" indeed!

Edited September 15, 2014 by draftvader

[DogNo1]

I hope that the difficulty of the hack will deter the sabotage of our devices but unemployed, obssesed young hackers will have infinite time to spend. I wonder whether any chip-based security devices can be employed. The chip-based internet security that Chicog is using for his home and business are a step in the right direction.

[SpaceKadet]

What a classic! Not only the hack itself, but the game too. Well done... My all time most favorite game. Now also available on my networked Canon printer