"Bank thieves have rolled out a new weapon in their arsenal of tactics — telephony denial-of-service attacks that flood a victim’s phone with diversionary calls while the thieves drain the victim’s account of money. A Florida dentist lost $400,000 from his retirement account last year in this manner, and the FBI said the attacks are growing."<br>
<br><a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/05/telephony-dos/">http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/05/telephony-dos/</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Mark Kelly<br>Manager - Information Systems<br>McKinnon Secondary College<br>
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br>Direct line / Voicemail: 8520 9085<br>School Phone +613 8520 9000<br>School Fax +613 9578 9253<br><a href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au">kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</a><br>
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