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Teen behind hundreds of swatting attacks pleads guilty to federal charges

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242 points LinuxBender | 1 comments | 18 Nov 24 00:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source

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throwaway81523 ◴[18 Nov 24 00:53 UTC] No.42168722[source]▶

>>42168652 (OP) #

I'd be interested to know if any actual SWAT operations happened from these calls. I know that it does happen sometimes.

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1. shepherdjerred ◴[18 Nov 24 01:32 UTC] No.42168947[source]▶

Swatting is pretty common:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting#Injuries_or_deaths_du...

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting_of_American_politicia...