The Italian Honey Project

Bank thieves have rolled out a new weapon in their arsenal of tactics — telephony denial-of-service attacks that flood a victim’s phone with diversionary calls while the thieves drain the victim’s account of money.A Florida dentist lost $400,000 from his retirement account last year in this manner, and the FBI said the attacks are growing.

via Thieves Flood Victim’s Phone With Calls to Loot Bank Accounts | Threat Level | Wired.com.