#swatting — Public Fediverse posts

In einer groß angelegten Aktion hat die #Polizei in 6 Bundesländern #Razzien gegen die Online-Gruppe "New World Order" durchgeführt, die systematisch Menschen, darunter vulnerable und kognitiv beeinträchtigte Personen, digital verfolgt, bedroht und beleidigt hat. Den Beschuldigten wird die Beteiligung an einer kriminellen Vereinigung, #Cybermobbing, #Cyberstalking sowie volksverhetzende Inhalte und missbräuchliche #Notrufe, sogenanntes "#Swatting", zur Last gelegt.

https://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Razzien-gegen-Cybermobber-der-Gruppe-New-World-Order-article25201645.html

Nikki Haley was swatted in December, records review shows

Swatting has become a prolific tool of political #intimidation in recent years as people respond to inflammatory rhetoric.

Newly reviewed records show that presidential hopeful Nikki #Haley was the target of a swatting incident in late December when an anonymous person called 911 claiming to have killed his girlfriend at Haley’s South Carolina home.

Authorities responded to a call on 30 December from a person who said he had shot his girlfriend and was threatening to harm himself, giving Haley’s address to the operator. It was shortly deemed a fake emergency, Reuters reported. Haley and her son were not at home during the time of the call; her husband was overseas.

The report comes after a surge in swatting – when anonymous people use the addresses of public figures when calling 911 to report fake violent incidents, like shootings – against public officials in recent months.

Earlier this month, special counsel Jack #Smith and DC district court judge Tanya #Chutkan, both key figures in the federal case against Donald Trump for attempts to overturn the election, were targets of swatting.

Shenna #Bellows, Maine’s secretary of state who barred Trump from the state’s Republican primary ballot, was also singled out in an incident last year.

Gabriel #Sterling, a top official in the Georgia secretary of state’s office, said that 14 police cars, a firetruck and an ambulance appeared at his home when someone called 911 about a hoax shooting.

“Now I bolt my doors every night,” he told Reuters. “That’s the reality I’m living in.”

Jen #Easterly, the head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the federal agency that is tasked with bolstering election security, was also a target of a hoax December 30, NBC News reported earlier this week.

“One of the most troubling trends we have seen in recent years has been the harassment of public officials across the political spectrum, including extreme incidents involving swatting and direct personal threats,” Easterly told NBC News. “These incidents pose a serious risk to the individuals, their families and, in the case of swatting, to the law enforcement officers responding to the situation. While my own experience was certainly harrowing, it was unfortunately not unique.”

Some officials have also been targets of more direct threats. On the morning of closing arguments in Trump’s New York fraud trial, a bomb squad responded to a threat directed toward the Long Island home of judge Arthur #Engoron, who is overseeing the case.

#SWATting
#rightwing
#intimidation

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/27/nikki-haley-swatting-incident-december?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Last night #JudgeEngoron got a bomb threat.

After the case is decided Engoron's #GagOrder ends.
What about while the case is on appeal?
Does the appellate judge need to set new pretrial conditions about Trump not threatening people?
#BombThreat #SWATTING

What if the 3 appellate judges in the immunity case get threats?
Last week #Maine Secretary of State #Bellows was #SWATTED then #JudgeChutkan

Glenn Kirschner says to protect the community Trump needs to be detained pending his trials.

#JudgeChutkan was a victim of #SWATTING last night.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/tanya-chutkan-judge-overseeing-trumps-federal-election-interference-ca-rcna132856
Last week, after ruling #Trump should be off the ballot in #Maine, Secretary of State #Bellows was #swatted
Glenn Kirschner tied these latest threats to Trump, an indicted felon pending trial. To PROTECT the COMMUNITY Trump's release should be revoked & he should be put in pretrial detention. #JusticeMatters

Last week #Maine Secretary of State #Bellows & #GeorgeSoros were victims of #SWATTING attacks.
Barely a blip in the news, But over the holidays Republicans #MarjorieTaylorGreene #RickScott & Ohio AG #DaveYost were victims of #SWATTING attacks, so NOW GOP legislators want to pass a federal law.
GOOD!

Now the MSM can run "Both Sides DO IT" stories.
What's really driving the increase? Swatting As A Service
(SAAS) Read about it in this great article by @josephcox
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7z8be/torswats-computer-generated-ai-voice-swatting

Last week #Maine Secretary of State #Bellows & #GeorgeSoros were victims of #SWATTING attacks.
No big deal, it happens. But over the holidays Republicans #MarjorieTaylorGreene #RickScott & Ohio AG #DaveYost were victims of #SWATTING attacks, so NOW RW legislators want to pass a federal law.

The MSM can cover it as "Both Sides DO IT" now. But to learn what is really driving the increase learn about Swatting As A Service
(SAAS) in this great article by @josephcox
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7z8be/torswats-computer-generated-ai-voice-swatting

Ein weiterer Beleg dafür, warum #Außerirdische uns nicht besuchen:

"Massenweise Fake-#Notrufe mit "#Nora"

Täter missbrauchen massenweise eine staatlich finanzierte Notruf-App, hetzen ihren Opfern Feuerwehr und Polizei auf den Hals."

#Swatting

https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/digitales/missbrauch-notruf-nora-app-100.html

Violence-As-A-Service #usa #cyber #swatting #online #physical #harassment #threats #digital #assaults #killing #criminal #terrorism #services #cyberbullying #death #rage #assailants #terrorisme #numérique #assassination #technologies #justice #informatique

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/09/violence-as-a-service-brickings-firebombings-shootings-for-hire/