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The ADL estimates there were over 1,000 swatting incidents in 2019, but the true figure is unclear as there is no federal statute against swatting that would enable convictions to be recorded.
Political figures and members of the judiciary have been ensnared in swatting incidents in recent weeks — what law enforcement experts say is a product of a hostile political climate.
In recent weeks, there has been a spate of swatting attacks against high-profile officials, including special counsel Jack Smith, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, judges on the Colorado Supreme ...
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.
At the time of the incident, Tyler Rai Barriss was a 25-year-old homeless man living in Los Angeles, California.Known online as "SWAuTistic", he had a criminal record including domestic violence, [3] and had served 16 months in Los Angeles County Jail for making false bomb threats against KABC-TV, an elementary school in Los Angeles, and a middle school in Granada Hills.
At least one case of swatting has led to the death of the individual to whose home police were sent. In 2017, a swatting that targeted a Wichita, Kansas, man named Andrew Finch escalated.
Swatting became a national story after several high-profile incidents involving members of Congress, the White House and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, who is seeking the Republican ...
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 ...