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No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack::A widely reported story that 3 million electric toothbrushes were hacked with malware to conduct distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks is likely a hypothetical scenario instead of an actual attack.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

My toothbrush is Bluetooth connected. It's used to configure the brush modes and track brushing habits. I didn't buy it for this and uninstalled the app after a week. Thankfully it's not Wi-Fi connected.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If its the same one my neighbour has, your neighbours can also track your brushing habits. My homeassistant instance automatically picked up my neighbours oral-b toothbrush :o

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

@SeeJayEmm

But you still had to pay for the tech installed in the toothbrush.

Try finding a good brush that doesn't have this tech installed :/

#toothbrush #bluetooth

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Which is already paid for. I'll certainly keep that in mind when it's time to replace it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Hopefully you're replacing the bristles every 3 months... right?....RIGHTT?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah. I'm just not dropping $70 for a new handle just to prevent one of my neighbors from learning my brushing habits.