Jim K Global Moderator Posted February 7 Global Moderator Share Posted February 7 Quote A recent report from the Aargauer Zeitung has revealed that around three million smart toothbrushes have been hacked and turned into botnets. The report says this massive mob of connected tooth cleaners was used in a DDoS attack on a Swiss company's website. The firm's site crashed under the pressure of the attack, costing them millions of Euros in business. In this case, the toothbrush botnet was easy to hack because of its Java-based OS. The report didn't name any toothbrush brands. Usually, the toothbrushes would have used their connection for keeping track of and improving your teeth brushing, but after a malware infection, these toothbrushes were forced into a botnet. // Fudzilla lol...toothbrushes which connect to the net. hellowalkman 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 If your toothbrush is running Java... FML If you've put a service live without DDOS protection... FML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Supervisor Posted February 7 Supervisor Share Posted February 7 Hello, Still waiting for more details to emerge. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky satukoro 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted February 8 MVC Share Posted February 8 But of course a toothbrush is running Java, because why not? 🤣 Dick Montage 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted February 8 MVC Share Posted February 8 3 million smart toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack after all, but it could happen https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/smart-home/3-million-smart-toothbrushes-were-not-used-in-a-ddos-attack-but-they-could-have-been/ goretsky, Jim K, Michael Scrip and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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