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That Electric Toothbrush Botnet Story Is Totally Fake
A viral internet story would have you believe that cybercriminals have turned to dental products to launder their malicious activity.
This story, which sounded just crazy enough to be true, was subsequently recycled by numerous English-speaking outlets, including Tom’s Hardware, ZDNet, and others. According to Fortinet, the Swiss journalists who initially spread the story misinterpreted their researchers during an interview, which then caused U.S. outlets to uncritically pick up the false narrative and further circulate it. Fortinet provided specific details: information about how long the attack took down a Swiss company’s website; an order of magnitude of how great the damage was.
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