[HackSoc] [IP] "Flash Mob" enables human DOS attack (fwd from: dave@farber.net)

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>Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 00:22:57 +0100
>From: David Byrden <David@Byrden.com>
>Subject: "Flash Mob" enables human DOS attack
>
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>
>Dave:
>
>This item about "flash mobs", where people "voluntarily
>and simultaneously converge" to "partake in a silly and
>harmless activity" prompts a thought; isn't this the elements
>of a DOS attack?
>http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/08/04/flash.mob/index.html
>For example, you could arrange a crowd to obstruct a tour
>or presentation of a retail premises. The participants need
>not be told that they were interfering with anything important.
>I am reminded of hackers who plant hostile code in large
>numbers of networked computers, all programmed to send
>requests to the same address at the same time; the Denial
>Of Service attack.
>I'll try to report on the planned Dublin event.
>
>                                                David

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