[geeks] Using a mailing list for a DDOS attack

[Joost van de Griek]

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

> Forwarded message from mailing list with 13,000 readers:
>
> Read the last line carefully.
>
> What really sucks is the last time I saw this, in a list of
> cell phone tips used to advertise a computer fixit business,
> both the original poster and the person forwarding it to
> other mailing lists did not see anything wrong.
>
> Because of the timing, I wonder if it was terrorist
> motivated.

I doubt this works outside the EU, unless your service provider linked 112 to
the local emergency number. 112 is the standard European emergency number. You
can indeed dial it from any cell phone, blocked or not, even without a SIM
card. While the "try it, it doesn't cost anything" suggestion in the original
message is certainly dumb (and actually trying it is an offence when there
isn't an emergency), I fail to see how this would in be "terrorist
motivated".

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