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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.
A California teenager allegedly behind a flurry of swatting incidents across the country targeting schools and FBI agents’ homes was arrested in connection with a swatting attempt at a Florida ...
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 ...
In response to the recent spate of swatting incidents, law enforcement across the country has stepped up efforts to better share real-time information in hopes of catching perpetrators.
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.
As swatting incidents have spiked in recent months, victims and cybersecurity experts say law enforcement are failing to deal with the threat. ... She was temporarily suspended from work before ...
A wave of swatting incidents has targeted public officials in recent weeks. Most recently, Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, said Monday that she was targeted in a swatting attempt, which directed local ...
Swatting is a criminal harassment act of deceiving an emergency service (via such means as hoaxing an emergency services dispatcher) into sending a police or emergency service response team to another person's address.