An attacker could hack into a printer connected to the Internet

Additive manufacturing, also known as three-dimensional (3D) printing, faces some of the same cybersecurity risks as the electronics industry, according to a team of cybersecurity and materials engineers at the New York University (NYU) Tandon School of Engineering.

Since computer-assisted design files do not give instructions for printer head orientation, malefactors could deliberately alter the process without detection, the researchers note. An attacker could hack into a printer connected to the Internet to introduce internal defects as the component is being printed.

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