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Teenage gamer jailed over lethal swatting
Casey Viner got into a spat over a $1.50 wager in a Call of Duty World War II game that led to the fatal shooting of an innocent man.
Is there a link between videogaming and cybercrime? Police think so
UK police are planning to issue online warnings to young gamers hoping to deter them from a life of cybercrime, they revealed last week.
DerpTrolling game server DDoS attacker pleads guilty
Austin Thompson pleaded guilty on November 6 in a San Diego Federal court to knowingly causing damage to third-party computers.
Alleged SWATter will plead guilty to dozens of serious new federal charges
The long list of charges includes bank fraud, involuntary manslaughter, cyberstalking and wire fraud.
Death SWAT suspect tweets threats from jail using buggy inmate kiosk
He apparently got online when a jail kiosk software upgrade glitched. Alternatively, as his account explained it, because “I’m an eGod.”
Another game developer flees her home following Gamergate death threats
US-based game developer Brianna Wu (the third woman to be driven from her home in what’s being dubbed the Gamergate controversy) after a troll posted her address online and threatened to rape, kill and mutilate her. 