Calif. U.S. Attorney Office: Grand Jury Indicts 2 in 'Swatting' Scheme That Took Over Ring Doorbells Across U.S. to Livestream Police Response to Fake Calls
December 20, 2022
December 20, 2022
LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2022:
Two men - one from Wisconsin, the other from North Carolina - have been charged with participating in a "swatting" spree that, over a one-week span, gained access to a dozen Ring home security door cameras nationwide, placed bogus emergency phone calls designed to elicit an armed police response, then livestreamed the ev . . .
Two men - one from Wisconsin, the other from North Carolina - have been charged with participating in a "swatting" spree that, over a one-week span, gained access to a dozen Ring home security door cameras nationwide, placed bogus emergency phone calls designed to elicit an armed police response, then livestreamed the ev . . .