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		ch0wn on Aug 21, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Printers are spontaneously printing odd "SQL" stri... There's also "nmap" in the output, so this could be part of a combined port and vulnerability scan that hit the network printer.

cantankerous on Aug 21, 2012 [–]

I think this idea is on to something and warrants more investigation.

Edit: That's probably what it is. A port scanner climbed through port 9100 and hit the JetDirect port on the printer, which prints whatever raw data it is given. Cool find!

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