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Databreaches
7 months ago
Privacy technologies

Millions of hacked toothbrushes used in Swiss cyber attack (1)

Millions of smart toothbrushes were infected with malware to carry out a cyber attack on a Swiss company.
The toothbrushes were linked together in a botnet to perform a DDoS attack, causing the company's website to go offline. [ more ]
ZDNET
7 months ago
Privacy professionals

3 million smart toothbrushes were just used in a DDoS attack. Really

Three million smart toothbrushes were hijacked by hackers to launch a DDoS attack, causing millions of euros in damages.
The compromised toothbrushes were running Java, a popular language for IoT devices, and flooded a Swiss website with bogus traffic to knock services offline. [ more ]
Databreaches
7 months ago
Privacy technologies

Millions of hacked toothbrushes used in Swiss cyber attack (1)

Millions of smart toothbrushes were infected with malware to carry out a cyber attack on a Swiss company.
The toothbrushes were linked together in a botnet to perform a DDoS attack, causing the company's website to go offline. [ more ]
ZDNET
7 months ago
Privacy professionals

3 million smart toothbrushes were just used in a DDoS attack. Really

Three million smart toothbrushes were hijacked by hackers to launch a DDoS attack, causing millions of euros in damages.
The compromised toothbrushes were running Java, a popular language for IoT devices, and flooded a Swiss website with bogus traffic to knock services offline. [ more ]
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