Hi,

Please see:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34388.html

http://www.cambs.police.uk/camops/press_releases/press_releases.asp?ID=1
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It appears that an individual has successfully socially engineered a distributed denial of physical service (DDoPS?).

A (hoax) email had been sent out to individuals informing them of their latest purchase and that their credit card had been charged accordingly.

As the individuals had not ordered iPods at £399.95, they were socially engineered into calling the customer service line given in the email.

This telephone number happened to be for the UK's Cambridgeshire Constabulary (police) Main Switchboard.

At the peak of this DDoPS, the switchboard was receiving 500 calls an hour, effectively denying the usual use of this telephone service.

It appears that a whole range of "systems" and processes may be vulnerable to this type of attack and raises some interesting points to consider...

Kind regards,

Tony Langley

Systems Architect

S2S Limited

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