At HP Inc. Reported that the old printers are not protected from cyber attacks. At the same time, the manufacturer does everything possible to protect all its equipment, eWeek reports..

"Printers are a very vulnerable part of the network. All data and operations pass through the network, "- said the president of the unit for the production of printing equipment HP Inc. Enrique Lores (Enrique Lores) during the Power of Print event at the company's headquarters.

According to him, HP Inc. It tries in various ways to inform its customers about the insecure use of legacy print devices. In particular, a series of short films on the threat posed by printers, as well as smartphones and computers, in healthcare and other industries.

In one of the episodes, the famous American actor Christian Slater (Christian Slater). He played a negative character who attacked the hospital and, looking at the printers in this institution, said: "If you could detect a threat before the seal began, an attack on the clinic could be avoided".

Enrique Lores noted that HP Inc. Began developing technologies to ensure information security (IB) many years ago, hoping that they will become a hallmark of vendor products, including printers.

"We invested money to make HP printers the safest on the planet. We went through many legal checks so that we could say this. We integrated all technologies developed for computers, servers and network equipment, and then built them into printers to provide the same level of security, "said Lores.

IB expert Michael Calce, who in the past was a hacker who became famous as a result of a series of DDoS attacks on CNN, Amazon and eBay sites, noted that cybercriminals have at their disposal a lot of "terrible" resources for attacks.

"Anyone in this room can download the operating system in 500 tools and 50 thousand vulnerabilities. Hackers operate with impunity. They are stuck to the "Internet of things" so much that even a baby monitor can be used in attacks, "Kalk said at the Power of Print event.