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Two men arrested for creating illegal telephone mast in the UK (www.datacenterdynamics.com)
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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 85 points 5 months ago (25 children)

Smishing is a phishing cybersecurity attack carried out over mobile text messaging. It's also known as SMS phishing.

I had never heard that term before. Is it just a UKism, or am I one of today's lucky 10,000?

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

"Smishing" sounds like kiwi slang for playing Smash Bros

[–] martin@lemmy.caliban.io 8 points 5 months ago

We were smishing in the shid!

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 4 points 5 months ago

At the beginning of Smash Bros Ultimate, some people jokingly tried to make "Smush" a thing (since the previous, fourth game, officially Super Smash Bros for 3DS/for Wii U, was often referred to as Sm4sh for short).

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