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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 in November 2020. Siege Swatter Sentenced As reported by Engadget, 22 year old Yanni Ouahioune made a fake call to the authorities about a…
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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 that some kind of hostage situation was happening at the office building with around (or at least) 30 staff members being held on the…
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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 disgrunted you and you knew their address, it wasn’t uncommon to pull a ‘prank’ known as ‘swatting’. This would essentially revolve…
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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 police is called in. Usually a bomb or gun threat, requiring the need for a SWAT team to be sent in. Immediate threats to…
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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 violence. This usually results in the police turning up at the house and entering in a full-blown gun drawn…
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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 wrongful death of a Kansas man Andrew Finch. Four officers surrounded the house, but one officer fired on Finch as he got out…
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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 labeled as ‘high-risk’. This includes cases such as terrorism, bomb threats, hostage situations or involving multiple armed assailants. It has become a popular…
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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 terrorism tip-line. If convicted, he could face up to 20-years in prison for helping another American gamer Zachary Lee who asked him to…
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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 process of streaming a video or even them record themselves playing a game. As they are online you use software to track…
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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 it involves deployment of armed resources, no doubt at great expense, when they could be best used elsewhere, potentially even saving lives…
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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 Crime Unit arrested an 18-year-old on Boundary Street in Southport this morning (Friday). Gizmodo says that the individual was arrested under the Computer Misuse Act 1990…
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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 incredibly dangerous prank known as “swatting”, the act of calling the real SWAT police on another gamer. Today we have…
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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 professional cleared their way through his house and pointed guns at him. Unfortunately for Jordan he was the victim of a…
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