http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2014/09/heres-why-you-dont-want-your-3-d-printer-get-hacked/93923/
By Aliya Sternstein
Nextgov.com
September 11, 2014
Defense companies that manufacture parts with three-dimensional printers
using metal powders might want to heed forthcoming government-issued
standards for preventing hacks.
Not only can attackers steal proprietary designs by breaching the
machines’ data files – but they can also cause physical damage to
production plants and employees.
"A compromise may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of
both the device and the information it processes," state National
Institute of Standards and Technology draft guidelines for avoiding 3-D
printer breaches.
Military contractors increasingly are using the machines to mass-produce
components for weapons systems, vehicles and other hardware to save time
and money. 3-D printing, also called additive manufacturing, creates solid
objects by layering thin sheets of material following the instructions of
a digital computer file.
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