The Pizza Problem INVOLVES Swatting
Miles feared that the harassment could escalate to swatting.
Uncertain Confidence 91% · Miles EP 97 Details
“this sort of thing can lead to swatting and fire-trucking”
Technique
technique:swatting
Also: swat, swatting attack
Harassment technique involving a false emergency report intended to cause police response at a victim’s address.
Harassment technique involving a false emergency report intended to cause police response at a victim’s address.
“this sort of thing can lead to swatting and fire-trucking.”
“the harasser can call the cops or the fire department to your house.”
Placing a false emergency call while impersonating a target in order to trigger an armed police response at the target’s address.
“someone spoofed his phone number, impersonated him, and gave his name and address and reported a false emergency”
“That’s what a swatting call looks like.”
Harassment technique mentioned as an action taken against people whose identities were exposed.
“They will swat you”
Placing a false emergency call designed to cause an armed police response at a target's residence.
“posing as him to call the police”
“I don’t even want to be a part of the swatting”
Harassment technique mentioned as part of conflicts among members of the online community.
“There was a lot of swatting and doxing”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | INVOLVES | The Pizza Problem | Uncertain | 97 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | JW swatting incident | Explicit | 106 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Mark Herring swatting incident | Explicit | 106 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Andrew Finch swatting incident | Explicit | 106 |
| incoming | USES | Shane Sonderman | Explicit | 106 |
The Pizza Problem INVOLVES Swatting
Miles feared that the harassment could escalate to swatting.
Uncertain Confidence 91% · Miles EP 97 Details
“this sort of thing can lead to swatting and fire-trucking”
JW swatting incident INVOLVES Swatting
JW's home was targeted through a false emergency call that caused an armed police response.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“someone spoofed his phone number, impersonated him, and gave his name and address and reported a false emergency”
Mark Herring swatting incident INVOLVES Swatting
A fake 911 emergency caused police to conduct an armed response at Mark Herring's house.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“That’s what a swatting call looks like”
Andrew Finch swatting incident INVOLVES Swatting
The incident was caused by a false 911 call that sent police to an unrelated house.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“Tyler had sort of a history of doing this to people, so he took the $1.50 bet and called 911 and impersonated Shane”
Shane Sonderman USES Swatting
Shane Sonderman and a UK teenager used fake emergency calls to harass victims and pressure them to surrender accounts.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“They worked together to try to harass people and get their accounts”