the dolean law firm launching a public service campaign to make sure what happened to heather sweeney does not happen to anyone else. she was celebrating a birthday inside of a bar z man and woman mugged her. >> reality is that it's happening everywhere and happening to people walking down the street in broad daylight and inside restaurants and thieves becoming more aggressive and more brazen. attacks getting more violent. >> chris dolean plans to spend up to $20,000 on this campaign that will include radio and newspaper warnings for what is being called phone jacking and offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to arrest of the people who attacked heather sweeney. >> u.s. banks have been overwhelmed by powerful cyber attacks. >> this are millions of customers blocked in a massive attack. >> there is ab elevated level of threat that is now high. >> sources tell abc news it's a attempt where hackers have kmond yeerd thousands of computers world wide that have overwhelmed bank web sites with electronic traffic. >> this is twice as large as nif flood we've seen. >> thursday there

heather sweeney was celebrating her birthday with friends last month the place was packed with people dancing to loud music when she went to check on coats she was attacked by a man and woman who took off. >> i don't take my phone out in a parking garage, corner, i take my phone out if i'm sitting, stopped in a public area or once inside my home or office i don't check while i'm commuting. >> police say cell phone thefts are rising the law firm sweeney works for is puting up the reward money airing public service announcements on radio to alert residents to the problem. >>> we are learning more about yahoo's turn around plan. the ceo is making changes when it comes to how the company will roll out new products sources say she demanding products be shipped out within six months and generate 100 million users or 100 million dollars towards the company's bottom line if that can't happen, yahoo won't bother with the product. yahoo hered her from google this year. >>> californians appear to be against granting drivers license and in-state tuition breaks to illegal immigrants. new poll find

heather sweeney was celebrating her birthday with about dozen or more friends.ed with people dancing to a dj. >> we had it out on the dance floor. we were all kinds of hanging out in this area. >> she went to check on their coats when they left in in an alcove. >> i felt a large arm go around my rib cage. >> a man pulled her arm back while female accomplices grabbed her julie. >> they were trying to get my engagement ring off. i made a fist. that was knew something really bad was happening. then they tried to rip my earrings out of my ear. then they took my phone out of my back pocket. hit me in the face. fist punch in the face. >> it black ends her eye and fell to the ground dazed. it happened fast. music was blaring and people were dancing. even though there were security guards, no one saw what happened. >> we came out here. >> after police were called. she borrowed a friend and tracked her stolen phone using an app. >> we saw the phone on the map was already on lombard street. >> they ran down lombard and on to steiner street. >> we ran two blocks. they were

heather sweeney was celebrating her birthday with friends last month the place was packed with people, dancing to loud music. we she went to check on her coat she was attacked by a man and woman who took off. sweeney says she is hyper vigilant about using her phone in public. >> i don't take my phone out in a parking garage, corner. i take it out if i'm sitting stopped in a public area once inside my home or office, i don't check while commuting. >> police say cell phone thefts are rising in the marina and pack heights areas as well as other parts of the city. the law firm sweeney works for is putting up the reward money as well as airing publish service announcements on the radio to alert residents to the problem. >>> official proposed way to prevent protesters from interrupting meetings,. don't let them in. last week demonstrators forced the council to shutdown -- administrator wants to reduce public access to meetings by eliminating half of the 214 seats in the city hall chambers. no more standing. no more hanging out in the hall outside. the plan is under discussion. a spokeswoman

heather sweeney was celebrating her birthday with about a dozen or more friends. packed with people. dancing to a dj. >> we headed out to the dance flar and we were all kind of hanging out flight this area where we are now. >>reporter: she checked on the coat which they left in this alcove. >> with my back i felt alarming arm go around my rib cage. >>reporter: man grabbed her arm and pulled it back sharply while female accomplices began grabbing at her jewelry. >> and they were trying to get, rip myen gamingment ring off. and i made a fist. that was right when i knew something really bad was happening. then they tried to rip my earrings out of my ear. gave a sharp like tug on my necklace and then took my phone out of my back pocket. hit me in the face. close fist punch in the face. >>reporter: the punch black ep her eye and she fell to the ground dazed. it happened fast. the music was blaring. people were dancing. even though there were security guards here no one saw what happened. >> so we came out here. >>reporter: after police were called sweeney borrowed her