Fortinet faced a challenging week with critical vulnerabilities, disclosure mishaps, and a toothbrush DDoS attack claim. However, a security firm clarified that the toothbrush DDoS attack did not occur despite initial reports. Contrary to viral stories, hackers did not target smart toothbrushes as claimed by various sources.
Check your bathroom. Now 🤣 https://t.co/cs0fG9NFG7 Spoiler: no, your toothbrush is not in a botnet attacking servers...
A story about hackers targeting smart toothbrushes went viral. It wasn't true. https://t.co/3A68t7xmiG
Hackers have, in the real world, caused blackouts, set fire to a steel mill, and released worms that took down medical record systems in hospitals, so it hardly seems necessary to invent new nightmares about them taking over our toothbrushes. Right?! https://t.co/JqYRFU75Td
Lessons from the viral toothbrush malware story https://t.co/yjlZQKxm6a
Hackers didn't hack your smart toothbrush, despite that viral story that Swiss outlet Aargauer Zeitung published last week. https://t.co/9xg5v5Hgue
No, Toothbrushes Were Not Used in a Massive DDoS Attack: https://t.co/NZh4RAte55 by Schneier on Security #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news
Security firm now says toothbrush DDOS attack didn't happen, but source publication says company presented it as real https://t.co/DlzzVPemaS https://t.co/qerFXq0XCA
Fortinet's week to forget: Critical vulns, disclosure screw-ups, and that toothbrush DDoS attack claim https://t.co/tSHzQxZySK