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  • teen serial SWATter faces 20 years

    From Retrograde@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 18 02:17:12 2024
    From the «no, not Elon» department:
    Title: Teen serial swatter-for-hire busted, pleads guilty, could face 20 years Author: Brandon Vigliarolo
    Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:31:07 +0000
    Link: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/11/18/teenage_serial_swatterforhire_busted/

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    Infosec in brief  A teenager has pleaded guilty to calling in more than 375 fake threats to law enforcement, and now faces years in prison.…

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 17 21:34:40 2024
    On 18 Nov 2024 02:17:12 GMT, Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid>
    wrote:

    A teenager has pleaded guilty to calling in more than 375
    fake threats to law enforcement, and now faces years in prison

    Oh, his endorphin hormones were elevated after making these calls.

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