Technology

59179 readers

2346 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

-44

Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

3 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks::Around three million smart toothbrushes have been infected by hackers and enslaved into botnets. They caused millions of Euros in damages for a Swiss company, according to a newspaper report.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

We need to protect our toothbrushes people, from being enslaved into botnets. What has the word come to, who needs a toothbrush connected to the internet?