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No, Toothbrushes Were Not Used in a Massive DDoS Attack

Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/02/no-toothbrushes-were-not-used-in-a-massive-ddos-attack.html

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.