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  2. What is swatting? What to know after threats made to Donald ...

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  3. How recent 'swatting' calls targeting officials may prompt ...

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    A spate of false reports of shootings at the homes of public officials in recent days could be setting the stage for stricter penalties against so-called swatting in more states. U.S. Sen. Rick ...

  4. Swatting Hoaxes Are Targeting Elected Officials From Both ...

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    Increasingly, those being targeted by swatting calls are political figures as well, including a burst of such incidents reported over the December holidays. "I was just swatted. This is like the ...

  5. Swatting of American politicians (2023–2024) - Wikipedia

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    Swatting is a criminal harassment tactic that involves false reporting in order to generate a police response to another person's address. Information in the hoaxes is often obtained through data broker websites, compromised accounts, and leaked databases to obtain, often through legal means, personally identifying information about the individual which can be used for swatting.

  6. Trump election case judge targeted in ‘swatting’ incident

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    It is the latest swatting incident to take place in recent weeks, with the Maine secretary of state who blocked Mr Trump from the 2024 primary ballot also targeted.

  7. High-profile political figures are the targets in the latest ...

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    A federal judge in Washington, DC, is just one of the latest high-profile victims in a new wave of “swattingincidents occurring during an election season security experts fear will be marked ...

  8. The incidents come amid a broader wave of swatting and election-related threats. An FBI database set up last year has tracked about 600 swatting incidents. Separately, a Department of Justice ...

  9. Fake 'active shooter' threats continue to plague schools ...

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    Last week, more than five states across the U.S. experienced calls to 911 reporting fake active shooter situations at schools — also known as “swatting.” It’s a trend that, in recent ...