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CloudWatcher

(1,956 posts)

7. Well, no. Story is just not true

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Fri Feb 9, 2024, 12:40 PM

Feb 2024

Another case of the media being sloppy

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/no-3-million-electric-toothbrushes-were-not-used-in-a-ddos-attack/

"To clarify, the topic of toothbrushes being used for DDoS attacks was presented during an interview as an illustration of a given type of attack, and it is not based on research from Fortinet or FortiGuard Labs. It appears that due to translations the narrative on this topic has been stretched to the point where hypothetical and actual scenarios are blurred." - Fortinet.