Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social)
cyberplace.social
The three million toothbrush botnet story isn’t true. Here’s the original source of the story: https://archive.is/2024.01.30-203406/https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/wirtschaft/kriminalitaet-die-zahnbuersten-greifen-an-das-sind-die-aktuellen-cybergefahren-und-so-koennen-sie-sich-schuetzen-ld.2569480 It’s simply a made up example. It doesn’t exist. It starts talking about NoName Ddosia, too, which also isn’t toothbrushes.
  • rynzcycle@kbin.social
    1·
    5 months ago

    Tomorrow: 3 Million hacked smart fridges were used to spread misinformation that the 3 million toothbrush story wasn’t true.

  • Yer Ma@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    5 months ago

    It was a psi-op to distract you from the horrible reality of the Furby Bot-net that will be the end of life as we know it