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Round 3! The toothbrush DDoS attack saga continues: Newspaper counters Fortinet’s translation claim in contentious interview

ID: 9237ae0e-f587-5d93-986f-cf482ff4de92

STIX ID: report--9237ae0e-f587-5d93-986f-cf482ff4de92

Feed Name: Graham Cluley

Date Published: 2024-02-08

Date Updated: 2026-04-22

Author: Graham Cluley

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The article chronicles the evolving dispute over a sensational claim that millions of IoT toothbrushes were used in a DDoS attack on a Swiss company: initial reporting by Aargauer Zeitung spread widely, was later mocked/debunked, and prompted Fortinet to cite a translation issue, while the newspaper countered that Fortinet had presented the case as a real incident with details. It is a media and PR back-and-forth rather than a technical threat report, offering no indicators, TTPs, or verifiable forensic evidence.

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