Incident
incident:anti_terrorist_hotline_attack
Also: anti-terror hotline attack
Attack in which a compromised PBX and Asterisk script generated repeated calls with changing caller IDs against the UK anti-terror hotline.
Attack in which a compromised PBX and Asterisk script generated repeated calls with changing caller IDs against the UK anti-terror hotline.
“He compromised a PBX server that was based in the Philippines”
“he wrote a script using Asterisk, which spoofed caller IDs in a loop”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | INVOLVES | PBX | Explicit | 109 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Asterisk | Explicit | 109 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | caller ID spoofing | Explicit | 109 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | DDoS | Explicit | 109 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | TeaMp0isoN | Attributed | 109 |
Anti-Terrorist Hotline attack INVOLVES PBX
TriCk compromised a PBX server based in the Philippines as part of the Anti-Terrorist Hotline attack.
Explicit Confidence 99% · MLT EP 109 Details
“He compromised a PBX server that was based in the Philippines”
Anti-Terrorist Hotline attack INVOLVES Asterisk
Asterisk was used to script the repeated calls against the Anti-Terrorist Hotline.
Explicit Confidence 99% · MLT EP 109 Details
“he wrote a script using Asterisk”
Anti-Terrorist Hotline attack INVOLVES caller ID spoofing
The attack spoofed caller IDs in a loop and generated different caller IDs repeatedly.
Explicit Confidence 99% · MLT EP 109 Details
“spoofed caller IDs in a loop and randomly generated the caller IDs”
Anti-Terrorist Hotline attack INVOLVES DDoS
The Anti-Terrorist Hotline attack was a denial-of-service attack using repeated computer-generated calls.
Explicit Confidence 99% · MLT EP 109 Details
“it’s a denial-of-service against the anti-terror hotline”
Anti-Terrorist Hotline attack INVOLVES TeaMp0isoN
TeaMp0isoN was reported as having jammed the UK counter-terrorism hotline with computer-generated calls.
Attributed Confidence 96% · Host6 EP 109 Details
“TeaMp0isoN is an anarchist, hacktivist group, and it began by jamming the UK’s counter-terrorism hotline”