Bezier@suppo.fiM to

Internet of Shit@suppo.fi · 10 months ago

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

www.tomshardware.com

4

-1

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

www.tomshardware.com

Bezier@suppo.fiM to

Internet of Shit@suppo.fi · 10 months ago

4

Security firm now says toothbrush DDOS attack didn't happen, but source publication says company presented it as real

www.tomshardware.com

Dental IoT devices caused millions of Euros in damages for Swiss company, says report.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/118264

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

HN Discussion

Chat

FaceDeer@kbin.social
link
fedilink
arrow-up
2·
10 months ago
This news story is apparently based on a made-up hypothetical scenario that someone thought was real and then it went viral.

Internet of Shit@suppo.fi

internetofshit@suppo.fi

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !internetofshit@suppo.fi

Rules:

1. What to post?

“Smart” features that stupid, unnecessary, or even harmful.
Devices that are (bad kind of) internet-dependent, harvest data, are a security risk, and such.

2. Behave.

Act like a nice human being.

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

1 user / day
1 user / week
25 users / month
910 users / 6 months
1 local subscriber
443 subscribers
42 Posts
223 Comments
Modlog

mods:
Bezier@suppo.fi