SWATTING

Trappe, Christopher (2005) Fake Shooting report attributed to 'swatting' THE GAZETTE, 2/10,P 1A

Hackers bring out a phony crisis by swatting. A hacker posed as a victim called 911 and told the police that a gang had overtaken a certain business. The hacker gets a key code from the company days before and then tries to get the SWAT team of police to the company.

The key code is for remote dial in to see if the company is really in trouble. The hacker had and police cars attacked the company. One squad car was ruined in their chase to the scene.

Northing happened and the swatting was successful.