No, Toothbrushes Were Not Used in a Massive DDoS Attack
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The widely reported story last week that 1.5 million smart toothbrushes were hacked and used in a DDoS attack is false.
Near as I can tell, a German reporter talking to someone at Fortinet got it wrong, and then everyone else ran with it without reading the German text. It was a hypothetical, which Fortinet eventually confirmed.
Or maybe it was a stock-price hack.
Tags: botnets, denial of service, fake news, Internet of Things
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