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No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] devilish666@lemmy.world 53 points 9 months ago (22 children)

Who the hell that put IOT service in toothbrush ?
I can't believe someone out there already put IOT services in home appliances even if that's not necessary to put in first place, what's next ?? IOT Condoms ? IOT Fleshlight ? GOD DAMNIT HUMAN.....

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 38 points 9 months ago (7 children)

https://buttplug.io/

[–] femboy_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Implemented in rust

Of course it fucking is

[–] crusty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Used by manufacturers like Maus-Tec for the Edge-o-Matic Orgasm Denial System

I'm sorry what

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 7 points 9 months ago

This sounds like a powerful but very situational weapon.

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