[HN] The FBI Has Formed a National Database to Track and Prevent “Swatting”
[HN] The FBI Has Formed a National Database to Track and Prevent “Swatting”
www.nbcnews.com The FBI has formed a national database to track and prevent 'swatting'
Advances in technology allow callers to mask their voices, phone numbers or IP addresses (also called “spoofing”) or make their false 911 calls sound more credible.
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She said that she had to explain to police what swatting is while they were pointing guns at her at her own front door. “There is no excuse for any police department, any police officer to not know what swatting is, and every department in this country should have policies, procedures and training around it. It has existed for over a decade. People have died from it. It’s insane.”
I can't believe police are still so oblivious to this.