PewDiePie Hackers Launch Second Printer Siege, According to Reports

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Hackers have claimed that they launched yet another attack tricking printers globally to print pamphlets promoting YouTube celebrity “PewDiePie.”

The latest incident comes on the heels of a similar hack last month. That’s when hackers claimed they commandeered 50,000 printers globally to promote Felix Kjellberg, also known as PewDiePie, a Swedish YouTuber, comedian and video game commentator.

Most recently, over the weekend two hackers who claim be behind the attack, told the BBC anonymously that they have hacked another 100,000 printers – although the BBC said it was unable to verify the claim.

The hackers, who go under the Twitter handles @HackerGiraffe and @j3ws3r, dubbed the attack on Twitterverse as #PrinterHack2.

Similar to the first hack, the message in this latest printer hack instructs the user to subscribe to PewDiePie. The back story of the campaign is that the famed YouTube personality is currently going head-to-head with “T-Series”, an Indian music record label and film company, for the top YouTube spot. Both YouTubers’ channels have at least 73 million subscribers.

Source: https://threatpost.com/pewdiepie-hackers...ts/139968/