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'GGautoblocker' creator and 'Online Abuse Prevention Initiative' founder...
Randi Harper, the founder of Online Abuse Prevention Initiative (OAPI) and the creator of the GGautoblocker tool, was the target of a swatting attempt on April 2, according to what she wrote on her...
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New Jersey lawmakers want to increase penalties for 'swatting'
While there is a lot of editorializing in New Jersey this week after several high profile swatting attempts occurred in the state (most notably the March 29th swatting of Digital Press Videogames in...
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NJ lawmaker seeking tougher penalties for swatting gets targeted over the...
New Jersey Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D-Gloucester) claims that he was recently the victim of a swatting attempt. The name might sound familiar to GamePolitics readers; Assemblyman Moriarty is the New...
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Sen. Chuck Schumer visits Rochester to talk about swatting
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will be in Rochester, New York today to talk about the issue of "swatting." Sen. Schumer, who is the likely replacement for Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada) as the Senate...
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Sen. Chuck Schumer promises legislation to combat swatting
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today announced legislation to crack down on swatting incidents that have emerged as a serious problem over the last several months. As we have noted here multiple...
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Sore loser swats Long Island home after losing a round of 'Call of Duty'
An emergency call sent 60 police officers and emergency personnel to a home on Laurelton Boulevard in Long Beach, New York (Long Island) on Tuesday, but the whole thing turned out to be a swatting...
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Mass. swatting bill gets attention after uptick in incidents this week
A rash of swatting incidents in Massachusetts this week may motivate state lawmakers to pick up a bill that increases the penalties for reporting false emergency situations in the state.read more
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NY Congressman introduces 'Anti-Swatting Act' today
Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY) will introduce a bill in the House of Representatives to stiffen the penalties for those convicted of "swatting." Engel, who is a senior member of the House Energy and...
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Missoula, Montana 'Minecraft' player swatted
Jamie Greenwood was enjoying a leisurely game of Minecraft at around 2:30 pm on Tuesday afternoon when suddenly officers from two different police departments - the University of Montana Police and the...
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'League of Legends' player admits swatting and stalking multiple victims in...
A Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada teen and League of Legends player has plead guilty to 23 different charges related to online stalking, hacking, and swatting incidents in the United States and...
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Members of 'gaming group' arrested for multiple swatting incidents
According to multiple reports, a San Diego, Calif. teen has been arrested for allegedly engaging in multiple swatting attempts throughout the United States and Canada. The 15-year-old (whose name was...
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Monmouth County, NJ Crime Stoppers offers $5K reward for info on swatters
Monmouth County, New Jersey has been hard hit by swatting, a prank crisis call designed to elicit a major response from law enforcement and often a SWAT team, which is where the term came from.read more
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NJ Assembly passes stricter penalties for swatting
The New Jersey Assembly has passed tougher penalties for those engaging in the act of swatting - making false calls to police in the hopes of a swat team being deployed to a specific location. New...
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Sen. Chuck Schumer visits Staten Island to promote anti-swatting bill
Senator Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) is making the rounds in New York where swatting incidents have occurred to push legislation he has put forth in the Senate to stiffen penalties against those who...
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Princeton, New Jersey Police Chief discusses increasing number of swatting cases
Princeton, New Jersey Police Chief Nicholas K. Sutter describes the recent rash of swatting attempts in his community and throughout the state as acts of terrorism, and has an interesting way of...
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Connecticut man pleads guilty for his part in gaming group's 2014 swatting...
A Wethersfield, Connecticut man has pleaded guilty for his part in a series swatting calls to police in several states in 2014. Twenty-two-year-old Matthew Tollis was arrested on September 10, 2014 by...
View ArticleYoutuber swatted while playing 'Batman Arkham Knight'
Phil Burnell, better known as YouTuber DSPGaming or DarkSydePhil, was swatted while recording a play session of Batman: Arkham Knight, according to this Crave Online report. Audio of the swat team...
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Prosecutor: Canadian teen took 'sadistic delight' in harassing, swatting targets
Last month we reported on the Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada teen and League of Legends player (and also reportedly a member of the notorious hacking group Lizard Squad) who pleaded guilty to over...
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Randy Harper's OAPI urges ICANN to abandon whois proposal
Online Abuse Prevention Initiative founder Randi Harper has written an open letter to ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the de facto governing body of the Internet (for lack...
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Canadian teen sentenced to 18 months in jail for North America swatting spree
In May we reported on the Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada teen and League of Legends player (and also reportedly a member of the notorious hacking group Lizard Squad) who pleaded guilty to over 23...
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