Cylie is investigating a network breach at a state organization in Florida. She discovers that the intruders were
able to gain access into the company firewalls by overloading them with IP packets. Cylie then discovers
through her investigation that the intruders hacked into the company phone system and used the hard drives
on their PBX system to store shared music files. What would this attack on the company PBX system be
called?
A.
Phreaking
B.
Squatting
C.
Crunching
D.
Pretexting
Phreaking is a slang term coined to describe the activity of a culture of people who study, experiment with, or explore telecommunication systems, such as equipment and systems connected to public telephone networks. The term phreak is a sensational spelling of the word freak with the ph- from phone, and may also refer to the use of various audio frequencies to manipulate a phone system. Phreak, phreaker, or phone phreak are names used for and by individuals who participate in phreaking.
Pretexting: another form of social engineering where attackers focus on creating a good pretext, or a fabricated scenario, that they can use to try and steal their victims’ personal information, to gain both sensitive and non-sensitive information.