The smart toothbrush botnet story, as others have also pointed out, is almost certainly not real. If it is real, Fortinet needs to say something / provide some sort of evidence ASAP

https://www.404media.co/the-viral-toothbrush-ddos-botnet-story-almost-certainly-isnt-real/

The Viral Smart Toothbrush Botnet Story Is Not Real

"FortiGuard Labs has not observed Mirai or other IoT botnets target toothbrushes or similar embedded devices."

404 Media
@jasonkoebler Even though i blogged that toothbrush story, I asked questions like "Is there such a thing as a java operating system?" Java only updates one way and I know nobody using it. That ... was one interesting story. Cybernews picked it up, but i read the tom's hardware story and I had questions. http://jaredtech.help and you can find it.
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