Alleged WebTV 911 hacker charged with cyberterrorism

Alleged WebTV 911 hacker charged with cyberterrorism
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-02-26

FBI agents arrested a Louisiana man last week for allegedly tricking a handful of MSN TV users into running a malicious e-mail attachment that reprogrammed their set-top boxes to dial 9-1-1 emergency response.

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Unfortunately with things like 911 calls, every time an officer responds to a call, there's potentially another call that they aren't responding to. In my opinion, on this basis it was a threat to public health and safety. I think we were lucky that it was just 21 users, and not 2100 users, in which case I would be very surprised if lives were not lost!

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Messing with the 911 system certainly could be considered cyberterrorism... 2004-02-29
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