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Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks
Dental IoT devices caused millions of Euros in damages for Swiss company, says report.
According to a recent report published by the Aargauer Zeitung(h/t Golem.de), around three million smart toothbrushes have been infected by hackers and enslaved into botnets. The source report says this sizable army of connected dental cleansing tools was used in a DDoS attack on a Swiss company’s website. Stefan Züger from the Swiss branch of the global cybersecurity firm Fortinet provided the publication with a few tips on what people could do to protect their own toothbrushes – or other connected gadgetry like routers, set-top boxes, surveillance cameras, doorbells, baby monitors, washing machines, and so on.
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