"How to tell if your toothbrush is being used in a DDoS attack"

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/awareness/2024/02/how-to-tell-if-your-toothbrush-is-being-used-in-a-ddos-attack

This timeline has gone off the rails.

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10 Comments

Exusia@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 2y (3 replies)

My toothbrush is made of wood, and the bristles kind of just stick in it. I don't think it contributed to any ddos attacks, but I could be wrong in this day and age.

perslue@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 2y (2 replies)

It performs a DDoS against plaque

Piemanding@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y

"That's a lot of packets you got there. Shame if they were redirected without your knowing."

jayrhacker@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y

“Dental Denial of Surface” plaque doesn’t have to go home but it can’t stay herer…

Anticorp@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 2y

My toothbrush doesn't have Internet access, so I'm pretty sure I'm safe.

lettruthout@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y (2 replies)

This whole issue appears to be fake news.

Surprising 3 Million Hacked Toothbrushes Story Goes Viral—Is It True? (Security Experts Call BS On Toothbrush Botnet Story)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/02/07/surprising-3-million-hacked-toothbrushes-story-goes-viral-is-it-true/?sh=eddb3571dbcb

RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Tell me you didn't click the original link and read the article without telling me you didn't click the original link and read the article.

lettruthout@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Yeah, I stopped reading after the sixth one today.

uphillbothways@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y

I know how to tell if it's happening.
I don't know how to care if it's happening.

remotelove@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2y

Lol! Awesome article to just suck up clicks. Brilliant.