cje
PATCH YO... TENDANCY TO REPOST AND COMMENT ON VULN CLICKBAIT W/O FACT CHECKING IT https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/no-3-million-electric-toothbrushes-were-not-used-in-a-ddos-attack/
No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack

A widely reported story that 3 million electric toothbrushes were hacked with malware to conduct distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks is likely a hypothetical scenario instead of an actual attack.

BleepingComputer
Feb 7, 2024 at 7:45pmWeb
Show threadDio9sysFeb 7, 2024
@caseyjohnellis I want to believe
Show threadTanawtsFeb 7, 2024
@caseyjohnellis how much revenue do you suppose was made in the marketing clicks associated with that
Show threadcjeFeb 8, 2024
@Enigma @caseyjohnellis decent distraction from some of the other stuff the originating fortinet would maybe lrefer to not be talking about rn
Show threadmav Feb 7, 2024

@caseyjohnellis
Interesting, the names reporting that story still has not taken it down. ZDnet is probably the big one.

Heh it looks like they kinda doubled down on it for a minute, but apparently fortinet finally released a statement and removed all doubt