Maricopa County 911 hacked

[rwier]

Breaking, last 24 hrs. Google "Maricopa County 911 hacked" for multiple coverage.

 

[mtindor]

Breaking, last 24 hrs. Google "Maricopa County 911 hacked" for multiple coverage.

no hack involved that i can see.

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[deboe]

This is along the lines of publishing a classified ad for a free car and putting the local dispatch center's 7 digit number. This is far from 'hacking'

 

[cellphone]

I would consider this a distributed denial of service attack, but on a phone system rather than a website or network.

http://www.azfamily.com/story/33500863/mcso-arrests-suspect-in-cyberattack-on-911-system

It does highlight a problem that can easily be exploited.