KGTV) — A story you may have seen claims millions of hacked toothbrushes were used in a Swiss cyber attack.
That's fiction.
Last week, a Swiss-German news site published a story that three million smart toothbrushes had been hacked to conduct attacks against a company.
But that wasn't the case.
It was actually a hypothetical scenario, although cyber security experts say it is possible.
Millions of internet-connected toothbrushes could be linked together in what's called a ‘botnet’ which would allow them to overload websites and knock them offline.
However, it's much more likely to happen in items such as routers and smart appliances.
