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5 years for swatter who caused a mans death for a Twitter handle

An 18-year-old man died of swatting-induced heart attack after police officers swarmed his home. The man was sentenced to 60 months in prison for the ‘almost unspeakable’ crime. We look at the history of doxing and swatting, and talk about the most recent example of someone losing their life to this tactic. Swatting is, as youd guess, a prank at the absolute extreme end. The name swatting comes from the US-based Special Weapons and Tactics teams (SWAT) used to deal with violent and dangerous situations.”]

Source: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/privacy-2/2021/07/5-years-for-swatter-who-caused-a-mans-death-for-a-twitter-handle/

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