[IP] "Flash Mob" enables human DOS attack

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> 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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