Ars TechnicaCops arrest 17-year-old suspected of hundreds of swattings nationwide
Police traced swatting calls to teen’s home IP addresses.
George Liquor, American@arstechnica Can this little shithead be rehabilitated?
I doubt it.
John BurnsThrow the whole encyclopedia at him.
--Potential injuries & and damage.
--Waste of resources.
--Potential of real crimes needing the LEOs and other services being missed.
Covidiocracy> he allegedly "created several accounts on websites offering swatting services"
I wonder how many of those are happily "protected" by Cloudflare
AndrewFelix 🐀🏴☠️ 🇵🇸@arstechnica “
Filion has been charged as an adult for a variety of offenses, including making a false report while facilitating or furthering an act of terrorism”. Yeah he’s fucked.
Filion has been charged as an adult for a variety of offenses, including making a false report while facilitating or furthering an act of terrorism”. Yeah he’s fucked.
Mike J👹🐀 🤘🏻@arstechnica Add this to the one in Tacoma last week
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/27/us/washington-swatting-fake-emergencies.html
birdpoofLife in prison, please.
Dragon-sided D@arstechnica Parents, talk to your teens… about #tor and IP anonymity
scetron@arstechnica swatting is a pretty heinous problem. However, why should it be dangerous for law enforcement to respond to a situation? Why don’t we also address that point?
Llama@scetron @arstechnica Poorly trained people with military hardware being thrust into situations where they BELIEVE their life is on the line? Seems pretty obvious why that's dangerous, IMHO.
@Llammissar @arstechnica Yup. I’m implying that should not be the case. I understand that it’s an extremely difficult position to be in, but we can ask more because the situation demands it; friendly fire should not be the cost of safety.
Darwin Woodka
The Steel RatHe wasn't the only one operating the Torswats account on telegram. Might see others arrested in the future.
Lesley Lai@arstechnica Other sources also mentioned that he attacking people based on things such as race, religion, ethnicity 🤮
Monika Viktorova@arstechnica as they say in the prairies, sucks to suck