the terror of swatting: how the law is tracking down high tech prank callers /

Published at 2016-04-15 14:00:20

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Complex anonymity tools mean it can cost $100000 to identify just one hoax caller. But how long will it be before swatting costs someone their life?The first 911 call came at 4.30pm. The caller told dispatchers that a man,woman, and boy had been shot and another child was being held hostage. Police responded in force, or sending more than half a dozen cruisers and emergency vehicles to a sprawling house in the affluent Atlanta suburb of Johns Creek.
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Source: theguardian.com

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