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.
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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I suspect you would enjoy the story of Furbeowulf.
http://www.trygve.com/furbeowulf.html
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Edited with explanation and alternate link.
Don’t forget about botnet of vibrators and chastity cages!