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Teenager Accidentally Launches DDoS Attack On 911 Systems (softpedia.com)
A Phoenix teenager mistakenly tweeted a link to JavaScript exploit which forced iOS devices to automatically dial and re-dial 911. An anonymous reader quotes Softpedia:
The teenager created several weaponized versions of this bug which would constantly dial a phone number, or show annoying popups. The teenager says he wanted to prank his friends, thinking it would be "funny," but when he shared the weaponized link online, he shared a version that instead of showing annoying popups, redialed a phone number, which in this case was 911.
In September researchers calculated just 6,000 smartphones can take down an entire state's 911 system, while more than 1,849 people clicked on this link, according to the article. Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office searched the teenager's home -- "several items were seized" -- and they've charged him with three felony counts for computer tampering.
In September researchers calculated just 6,000 smartphones can take down an entire state's 911 system, while more than 1,849 people clicked on this link, according to the article. Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office searched the teenager's home -- "several items were seized" -- and they've charged him with three felony counts for computer tampering.
How do you almost crash the system or almost take it offline. Sounds like bullshit.
How does your girlfriend almost get pregnant? Condom breaks while you're taking it off. A few more operational minutes in the field (as it were) could have taken her system online. But you dodged a bullet 'cause your run-time never lasts "a few more minutes". :-)
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
He's probably a Linux hacker. This domestic terrorism must be dealt with in the harshest way possible.
Make him use a Linux desktop?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade