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Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks

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https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/three-million-malware-infected-smart-toothbrushes-used-in-swiss-ddos-attacks-botnet-causes-millions-of-euros-in-damages

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  • shiveyarbles@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Lol what on earth is the use case for an Internet connected toothbrush

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  • Greyghoster@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I am flabbergasted! An internet connected toothbrush was not on my radar. We all know IoT is a source of trouble with dodgy maintenance of software vulnerabilities but toothbrushes denying service?

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    • FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Right. I had to look twice to make sure this wasn’t an Onion article.

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