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๐Ÿšจ Brother printer got that unpatchable glow-up? ๐Ÿ”’๐Ÿ’€ Check this or you're basically asking for a hacker buffet! ๐Ÿฝ๏ธโœจ

June 30, 2025
about 2 months ago
ZDNet
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ–จ๏ธ๐Ÿ“ข Breaking news, folks: Your Brother printer is basically the James Bond villain of your home office, and not in a cool, suave way! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ’€ Turns out, hundreds of these *so-called* printers have a nasty little unpatchable security flaw lurking in their circuits, just waiting to unleash chaos. ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ”“ According to some whistleblowers at Rapid7 who might've been sipping too much printer ink (๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ–จ๏ธ), all an attacker needs is your printerโ€™s serial number and BOOM! They can turn your beloved Brother into a *literally* useless paperweight. โ€œI thought my printer was just bad at printing.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜… - Brotherโ€™s Dev Team, probably. But wait, it gets better! ๐Ÿ˜ If you're not patching your Windows PC either, you're basically laying out a welcome mat for bootkit malware. ๐Ÿšช๐Ÿฆ  *This is fine* meme intensifies. So, fam, whatโ€™s the lesson here? Update your stuff like your life depends on it and pray to the tech gods! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿš€ Based on this trajectory, Iโ€™m predicting that Brother printers will soon come with emotional support animals just to cope with their identity crisis. ๐Ÿ˜น๐Ÿ’” Remember, folks, if your printer starts speaking in tongues ๐Ÿ”ฎ๐Ÿ˜ฑ, itโ€™s probably already compromised! #PrinterOutHereHacking ๐Ÿ–จ๏ธ๐ŸŽ‰

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