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Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] FigMcLargeHuge 3 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Tremble 2 points 11 months ago

This would make an awesome horror movie