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.
That page is old enough that it doesn’t seem to support HTTPS. If your browser automatically converts HTTP to HTTPS, you’re going to get a warning about an insecure connection. Here’s a wayback machine link that supports a secure connection:
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYLBjScgb7o
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https://www.piped.video/watch?v=GYLBjScgb7o
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Don’t forget about botnet of vibrators and chastity cages!
I suspect you would enjoy the story of Furbeowulf.
http://www.trygve.com/furbeowulf.html
That page is old enough that it doesn’t seem to support HTTPS. If your browser automatically converts HTTP to HTTPS, you’re going to get a warning about an insecure connection. Here’s a wayback machine link that supports a secure connection:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230503215715/http://www.trygve.com/furbeowulf.html
“secure connection failed” accessing that link
Edited with explanation and alternate link.
I was there, at the beginning, and I am living to see the end