The three million toothbrush botnet story isn't true

Re:The three million toothbrush botnet story isn't true by sltkr on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @07:48PM (#39283057)

Funnily enough that happens also when you run the original article through Google translate:

> She's in the bathroom at home, but she's part of a large-scale cyber attack. The electric toothbrush is programmed with Java, and criminals have unnoticed installed malware on it - like on 3 million other toothbrushes.

(In German, toothbrushes are female, like all brushes.)

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Re:The three million toothbrush botnet story isn't true by readthenotes1 on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @08:19PM (#39283285)

So the claim is the women started talking and wouldn't be quiet? "Nevertheless, she persisted"

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