{"id":64090,"date":"2016-11-01T17:32:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T00:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securingtomorrow.mcafee.com\/?p=64090"},"modified":"2025-08-15T02:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T09:46:11","slug":"911-prank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/mobile-security\/911-prank\/","title":{"rendered":"How an Online Prank Had Countless Phones Dialing 911"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Remember elementary school, when prank notes left on fellow students\u2019 desks caused uproars of laughter? Those were golden days. Consequences were intangible \u2014 coming just from adults to (seemingly) steal the fun. But of course, as we grow older, the first taste of reality is harsh. In recent cybersecurity news, that\u2019s exactly what hit 18-year-old Meetkumar Hiteshbhai Desai in what appeared to be an online prank that spun out of control. The Arizona teen tweeted out a link that ended up forcing mobile phones into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/10\/30\/13471128\/meetkumar-hiteshbhai-desai-arrest-911-exploit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continuously dialing 911<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, the State of Arizona didn\u2019t appreciate this. Desai\u2019s link threatened to shut down the call line. With almost <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-37821862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2,000 clicks<\/a>, an overwhelming amount of phone traffic flooded call operators. The Surprise, Arizona Police Department reported receiving <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2016\/oct\/29\/iphone-hack-ends-felony-hacking-charges-arizona-te\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 emergency calls within minutes<\/a> \u2014 putting them in danger of losing service. Authorities, naturally, began searching for the perpetrator of this incident after the flood.<\/p>\n<p>Meetkumar, by all accounts, was taken by surprise. He would later tell police the link was simply meant to be \u201cfunny.\u201d According to the Sheriff&#8217;s news release, he received powerful JavaScript code from a friend. His goal in using it was simply to expose iOS vulnerabilities to the programmer community. In fact, Meetkumar even hoped Apple would give him a financial reward (or, <a href=\"http:\/\/whatis.techtarget.com\/definition\/bug-bounty-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a bug bounty<\/a>), a common practice of tech companies tapping into cybersecurity pros for flaw discovery.<\/p>\n<p>What actually happened was starkly different. For starters, the 911-dialing feature wasn\u2019t part of the game plan. After Meetkumar had created it, he concluded being against ever releasing it. In his words, people would \u201cfreak out\u201d if the exploit made its way to the public. They certainly did, when Meetkumar accidentally packaged it with the other functions he wanted to bring forth to other programmers.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona treats the 911 call line as critical infrastructure \u2014 attacking it is a felony. So the 18-year-old teen is now faced with three counts of computer tampering. How\u2019s that for a wakeup call?<\/p>\n<p>There is a silver lining here though\u2014a great lesson to be learned by all. With the huge amount of time we spend on screens in today\u2019s day and age, it\u2019s important to take care with the links we share and click. On the open Web, there\u2019s no doubt we\u2019ll face any number of suspicious links, humorous pop-ups, and entertaining hacks. However, it\u2019s key for all of us to share and click responsibly. After all, the consequences of our online sharing could impact the public at large. And if you\u2019re on the receiving end of an online prank, what starts as something seemingly harmless can turn out to be something disastrous.<\/p>\n<h2>Safety Tips When Navigating Unknown Links<\/h2>\n<p>So next time you\u2019re on the Internet, use these safety tips when navigating unknown links:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Click on social media links and pop-ups with care. <\/strong>As our technologies increasingly connect us to the rest of the world, online tricksters take advantage. This incident spread via Twitter, an open social forum for anyone to post information. Whether you\u2019re perusing social media, or navigating the greater Web, think before you click on unknown links. Put more trust in what people you know post, over what strangers do.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hover over links before clicking. <\/strong>It\u2019s an obvious red flag when links don\u2019t go to the websites they advertise. So place your mouse over any unknown link you see. The destination address will appear in the bottom of your browser window, and will start with \u201chttps\u201d if it is secure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get a comprehensive security solution.<\/strong> Regardless of what the Web throws at you, it\u2019s important to keep you and your devices protected. In today\u2019s always-on digital world, malicious link-scanning is a can\u2019t-miss security feature. Security solutions like <a href=\"http:\/\/home.mcafee.com\/root\/campaign.aspx?cid=146614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McAfee SiteAdvisor<\/a> can help determine the security ranking for any links you encounter in your browser.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And, of course, stay on top of the latest consumer and mobile security threats by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/garyjdavis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">following me<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McAfee_Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@McAfee_Home<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, and \u2018Like\u2019 us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/McAfee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43387\" src=\"https:\/\/securingtomorrow.mcafee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gary1.jpg\" alt=\"gary\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/gary1.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/gary1-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/gary1-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/gary1-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/gary1-128x128.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Remember elementary school, when prank notes left on fellow students\u2019 desks caused uproars of laughter? 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