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Torswats was a paid swatting for hire service, advertised through Telegram. The service was responsible for at least dozens of swattings, including on mosques, schools, and historically black colleges. In 2024, a teenaged suspect was arrested.
Background[edit]
Swatting - when someone calls authorities with a fake threat - can result in wasted law enforcement time and panic, and has resulted in at least two deaths. The crime is difficult to investigate due to faked numbers and calls being from different jurisdictions.[1]
Swatting incidents[edit]
charging[2]
A false threat against a mosque in Florida on May 12, 2023.[4] He claimed he would "commit a mass shooting in the name of Satan" [5]
In 2023, Motherboard broke a story[1][7][8]
Investigation and legal proceedings[edit]
A 17-year-old boy from California was arrested. He faces four felony charges in Seminole County related to swatting.[9] He is being tried as an adult.[6]
[10] private investigator FBI
arrested[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Sims, Daniel (April 15, 2023). "A Telegram channel may be offering swatting-as-a-service with hundreds of incidents reported throughout the US". TechSpot. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ a b Hurley, Bevan (February 14, 2024). "This man has been swatted 47 times for making a joke about Norm Macdonald". The Independent. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ Hart, Benjamin (February 5, 2024). "Why Politicians Will Probably Keep Getting Swatted". Intelligencer. New York. Archived from the original on February 12, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ Bridges, C. A. (January 31, 2024). "Florida hoax swatting call against mosque leads police back to a 17-year-old boy". Daytona Beach News-Journal Online. Archived from the original on February 12, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ a b Hurley, Bevan (February 1, 2024). "Teen 'swatter-for-hire' allegedly behind hundreds of fake bomb and shooting threats". The Independent. Archived from the original on February 6, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ a b Buchman, Brandi (February 1, 2024). "Teen serial 'swatter' vowed to commit mass shooting in 'name of Satan': Police". Law & Crime. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ Hurler, Kevin (April 13, 2023). "Nationwide Campaign of Digitally Generated Swatting Calls Bought on Telegram". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ Cox, Joseph (April 13, 2023). "A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America". Vice News. Archived from the original on February 16, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ Mehrotra, Dhruv (January 31, 2024). "YouTube, Discord, and 'Lord of the Rings' Led Police to a Teen Accused of a US Swatting Spree". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Archived from the original on February 16, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ Randall, Harvey (February 2, 2024). "Infamous swatter-for-hire Torswats likely arrested after a private investigator worked with a WoW Twitch streamer and the FBI to take them down". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ Mehrotra, Dhruv (January 26, 2024). "Police Arrest Teen Said to Be Linked to Hundreds of Swatting Attacks". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Archived from the original on February 13, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.