Threat makers are sometimes geolocated to determine how credible their threats are, as in, are they near enough to really attack?
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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.
FBI catches swatter who said “you can’t catch a hacker”
A Texan teenager has pleaded guilty to one count of threats to kill, after an investigation by the FBI pinpointed him as the source of several hoax bomb threats and “swatting” calls to police in Minnesota, Ohio and Massachusetts.
Sydney teen arrested as hacking hoaxster sends SWAT team to his house
Having been told that residents were tied up inside the home, and that shots had been fired, officers swooped on the Bonar Street address at 4.40 am. But it was all a hoax.