#swatting — Public Fediverse posts

Federal agents have located a person of interest in over 100 #swatting #calls, which included calls targeting  Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro #Mayorkas, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure and Security Agency Director Jen #Easterly and other senior Biden administration officials, according to law enforcement officials.
Officials say the person of interest lives in #Serbia; charges have not yet been filed, but sources say they could be filed soon.
The person of interest is alleged to have made phone calls targeting officials over the Christmas holidays, according to the sources.
Swatting is a dangerous and illegal scheme in which people try to harass or menace others by making false emergency calls in an attempt to prompt police to dispatch SWAT teams to the homes of public figures, celebrities or personal enemies.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/swatting-suspect-mayorkas-secret-service-justice-dept/?linkId=361063468&ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e

This was a really hard video to watch. I literally got choked up.

A wave of #swatting attacks targeting high #schools around the country has been going on for at least a year. Authorities tracked the source back to a #VoIP service, who in turn figured out that the calls were probably originating in #Ethiopia. The same caller, speaking in heavily accented English. Each call followed a similar script. The caller triggered armed responses every single time.

#BVSD was called twice. I was on #lockdown for hours in #Boulder. This is no prank. It is straight up #terrorism.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/04/school-swatting-hoax-active-shooter/