[Year 12 IT Apps] Telephony Denial Of Service - a new wrinkle on cybertheft

[Mark KELLY]

"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."

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/05/telephony-dos/

-- 
Mark Kelly
Manager - Information Systems
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
Direct line / Voicemail: 8520 9085
School Phone +613 8520 9000
School Fax +613 9578 9253
kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au

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