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 Mike Sanders
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 Mike Sanders
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 Ron Perillo
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 Mike Sanders
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 Ron Perillo
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 Ron Perillo
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 Ron Perillo
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 Gareth Andrews
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 Peter DonnellPolice 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 Ryan Simmons
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 Peter Donnell
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 Peter Donnell
