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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: 0.21s | source
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throwaway81523 ◴[18 Nov 24 00:53 UTC] No.42168722[source]▶
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. RajT88 ◴[18 Nov 24 01:53 UTC] No.42169043[source]▶
I don't think there are any numbers published about the % of swatting calls result in a visit from a SWAT team, but I would wager it's higher than you are imagining. The police would be foolish to advertise the efficacy of swatting, so of course the real numbers are not out there AFAICT.

It feels like between this and the prevalence of scam calls, the FCC has been asleep at the wheel for 20 years. There's some signs of the "sleeping dragon" waking up, but I fear all that will get walked back under the next administration.

Bonus good read on the topic:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2024/02/why-arent-police-doi...

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