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Re:Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in... by exe34 on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @05:20PM (#39281595)
Leaves open the question of how they joined the network - WiFi passwords and such. Maybe stolen from the phones/laptops and then sent to the device as part of the exploit?
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Re:Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in... by graypegg on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @06:00PM (#39282076)
I could imagine there’s a lot of toothbrushes near unsecured wifi hotspots. (Hotels, in backpacks of travellers in a cafe, a demo unit in a store) Could be as simple as polling continuously till one allows the device to phone home.

This does seem to be a debunked story though.

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