Topic: Randall Smith

The City of Phoenix experienced a coordinated Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that took the city's internet systems offline for 45 minutes. Internal emails revealed that the attack lasted for several days, preventing police officers from accessing criminal history databases and license plate readers in their patrol cars. Technical experts question the official claim that the DDoS was a method to gain unauthorized access to financial data, noting that such attacks typically only serve to overwhelm and shut down servers.