Dozens of recent attacks have been reported against the call centers, which handle administrative and emergency calls for police, firefighting and ambulance services. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently issued an alert on the bizarre scheme first reported by the blog KrebsonSecurity. Typically, the motivation is to extort money or to protest a particular political or social cause. The increase is seen across organizations, public and private, according to a recent report by SecureLogix.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2133185/dhs–fbi-warn-over-tdos-attacks-on-emergency-centers.html