Denial-of-Service Attacks on CellPhone Networks - are a Reality!

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Computer security researchers are reportedly warning that hackers could take down cellular networks by attacking text-messaging services
And an attacker who jams text message systems might be able to disable voice networks as well, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

Cellular telephone networks are susceptible to denial-of-service attacks since their text messaging services are accessible through the Internet.

Patrick McDaniel, a Pennsylvania State University computer science professor, is the lead researcher of a study that found by pushing 165 spam messages a second into a text-messaging network, "you can congest all of Manhattan

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http://www.physorg.com/news6996.html

http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/05/technology/hacker_cellphones/

 

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That's pretty obvious really. Here in the UK it's been happening for years - every new years day and christmas day.