> > Thousands of people fled their homes in panic on the > Indonesian coast > > after hoax text messages spread warning them that a tsunami > will hit > > the region, journalists and officials said Wednesday. > > Good way to get people out of the house so you can loot at leisure?
There were reports of that after the 2004 tsunami, when there were similar hoaxes. I don't know to what extent they were planned with that in mind, but the idea was certainly mooted. -- David Harley CISSP, Small Blue-Green World Security Author/Editor/Consultant/Researcher AVIEN Guide to Malware: http://www.smallblue-greenworld.co.uk/pages/avienguide.html Security Bibliography: http://www.smallblue-greenworld.co.uk/pages/bibliography.html _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
