Recorded Future - Inside Threat Intelligence For Cyber Security
83. “Ding-dong ditch” on steroids
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:32:13
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Synopsis
Remember ding-dong ditch? You and your friends rang a doorbell and then ran away? These days the prank of choice among the young cyber set is something called swatting: calling the police with a hoax report that sends them rushing – guns drawn – to some address and unsuspecting victim. After years of writing it off as childish mischief, legislators, law enforcement and tech companies are finally trying to address it.