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Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year 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?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How fucking daft do you have to be to not know when you’ve brushed your teeth?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's pretty useful for people with disabilities like ADHD.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This would make an awesome horror movie