It's not surprising, cointelegraph is known to write low-quality news/article with clickbait title and sometimes even include plain wrong information. But at least i appreciate this part of the article,
assuming their reader actually bother read whole article.
Ultimately, it’s a timely reminder to readers to ensure seed phrases are never published or shared online. That means seed phrases should not be stored in a password manager or a cloud storage solution, and they certainly should not be typed out into a phone.
12! It is safe for most GPUs to bruteforce, so whoever wants to try bruteforce should pay more to buy more advanced hardware ASCI and thus more time for you to transfer your money.
Such kind of ASIC isn't available on market. You'll also have to pay a fortune to design ASIC or FPGA (specifically to brute-force 12/24 BIP-39) first.