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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Bill Hinton) Three Iranian nationals charged with hacking into US-based computer networks sent ransom demands to the printers of at least some of their victims, according to an indictment unsealed today. The ransom demands allegedly sought payments in exchange for BitLocker decryption keys that the victims could use to regain […]
An anonymous hacker has claimed credit for the prank, which is part of an ongoing YouTube subscriber feud. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c01b98be38e7c06c5331775/master/pass/PewdiePropaganda_07.png
For now, the company’s new Metal Jet printers make key fobs and other doodads. But one day they could create car parts. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b92c555957bd64b9378827b/master/pass/HP-Metal-Jet-Factory.jpg
Earlier this year, Makerbot announced in its most recent bloodletting that it would focus more on the education market. Today we’re seeing some of the fruits of that decision. First up is “My MakerBot,” what the outfit describes as a cloud-enabled browser-based printer monitoring platform that’s compatible with Chromebooks (which are incredibly popular in the […]
At any given moment, there are approximately a zillion crowdfunding campaigns on the web. Take a stroll through Kickstarter or Indiegogo and you’ll find no shortage of weird, useless, and downright stupid projects out there — alongside some real gems. In this column, we cut through all the worthless wearables and Oculus Rift ripoffs to […]
3-D printing isn’t exactly mainstream, but Windows 10 and super-cheap hardware will make it much more attractive for makers. The post Bring Minecraft to Life With These Cheap 3-D Printers appeared first on WIRED. WIRED
Image: Getty/Eve Peyser Over the weekend, a hacker who goes by the name Stackoverflowin claimed he hacked 150,000 insecure printers in an effort “to raise everyone’s awareness towards the dangers of leaving printers exposed online without a firewall or other security settings enabled.” Advertisement Hacking for a cause. What a sweetie! Using his own automated […]
