A security company has found eight security vulnerabilities that impact hundreds of Brother printer models. The company has released firmware updates to handle seven of these vulnerabilities, but one security flaw cannot be patched.
Brother has indicated that it’ll fix the remaining issue during the manufacturing process of future printers, which doesn’t help current owners. The company recommends that users change the default main password. Otherwise, bad actors could remotely access impacted devices. Though primarily impacting around 700 Brother printers, 59 units manufactured by Fujifilm, Toshiba, Ricoh and Konica Minolta are also at risk… More here.
I will never own a printer again. Everyone I have owned has been unreliable, expensive to run (you know you are being ripped off on ink) and I just don’t need to use them often enough. Incidents like the above only cement my view.
McGST 
I still need them for my invoicing and receipts. I haven’t gone paperless.
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Sadly the world hasn’t either.
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My Brother isn’t on the list.
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