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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:48:45 -0500
From: Jason Ellison <infotek@...il.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: printers used for espionage

list,

  Sometime ago I remember reading an article on printers being used to
gain intelligence in an embassy  or government agency.  The printer
had a modified firmware... Did anyone else read that?  Or was I
dreaming again?

  The recent articles about this tactic being used against the US
reminded me of the covert printer surveillance program... but now I
can find no mention of it.
http://technology.newsplurk.com/2011/07/dhs-imported-gadgets-possibly-include.html

-infotek

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