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Pathetic Rainbow Six Siege Player Who Swatted Ubisoft Sentenced

A Rainbow Six Siege player who swatted Ubisoft’s Montreal office has been sentenced to three years of community service following his fake hostage situation report back ...

July 9, 2023 at 12:26 pm by

Ubisoft ‘Hostage’ Situation Was a Fake Bomb Ransom Attempt

Yesterday evening, we reported on a rather alarming situation that was occurring at Ubisoft’s Montreal HQ. Although details were somewhat vague at the time, it seemed ...

November 14, 2020 at 10:54 am by

Man Guilty Of Swatting Death Sentenced To 20 Years

Swatting Death Man Given 20-Year Sentence Over the last few years, a rather pervasive trend hit the internet. More prevalent in the US, if there was someone online who ...

March 30, 2019 at 6:38 pm by

Seattle Police Launches Anti-Swatting PSA Campaign

Police Crackdown on Swatting Swatting is a term that describes a common malicious “prank” perpetuated on Twitch or YouTube streamers wherein a hoax threat to the ...

October 4, 2018 at 9:25 pm by

Three Men Arrested For US Swatting Death

Three Men Arrested For Swatting Death Incident Swatting, if you are not aware, is where people or a person reports to the police that someone has a gun and is threatening ...

May 28, 2018 at 3:09 pm by

LAPD Arrest Suspect in ‘Swatting’ Hoax That Led to Shooting Death

The Los Angeles Police Department has now arrested 25-year old Tyler Raj Barris. This is for his involvement in a “Swatting” hoax, which eventually led to the ...

December 30, 2017 at 5:27 pm by

Call of Duty ‘Swatting’ Prank Results in Police Shooting Death

The term Swatting comes from the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) forces who break down people’s doors. They are often deployed in law enforcement cases that are ...

December 29, 2017 at 11:06 pm by

British Man Charged for Terror Hoax Call and ‘Swatting’ US Gamer

Robert McDaid, a 21-year old from Coventry has become the first non-US citizen to be charged for “Swatting” and calling in a terror hoax to a Maryland-based ...

April 12, 2017 at 7:05 pm by

Skype Hides Your IP in Effort to Protect You

We’ve all heard or seen about Swatting, but for those who haven’t let me explain its principle. Normally it happens when you find someone online, usually in the ...

January 23, 2016 at 2:58 pm by

Las Vegas Man Arrested for ‘Swatting’

Swatting, the act of calling real SWAT police on unsuspecting gamers is a freaking dangerous stunt to pull. It’s also something police forces are becoming tired of, as ...

February 9, 2015 at 12:58 pm by

Another Arrested Over Lizard Squad Attacks

Police have arrested another person believed to be connected to the DDoS attacks upon Xbox Live and PlayStation Network over Christmas. The UK South East Regional Organised ...

January 16, 2015 at 6:55 pm by

15 Year Old Boy Who “Swatted” Gamer Convicted of Domestic Terrorism!

Update: Turns out this story was a hoax, the following article should be seen as satire at best. Recently we brought you news of someone being hit with a stupid and ...

August 31, 2014 at 2:59 pm by

SWAT Team Pull Real Guns on Counter Strike Player Mid-Game

Having the local SWAT team called around to your house is no laughing matter and Jordan “Kootra” Mathewson go a healthy dose of reality when a team of armed ...

August 29, 2014 at 10:54 am by

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