Spurred by the fatal case in Wichita, Kansas, Glixel has a piece on the mentality behind swatting and why law enforcement isn’t getting any better at identifying them. Longtime cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs is featured, who suggests that most cybercriminals are big-time gamers. New legislation that better punishes swatters is also discussed.



Congresswoman Katherine Clark of Massachusetts is the cosponsor of the Interstate Swatting Hoax Act – a bipartisan effort to make the nuts and bolts of accosting swatters easier and more palpable to courthouses. Clark, predictably, was motivated by the havoc of GamerGate, and the coordinated harassment campaigns directed at several prominent women in her constituency.

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Source: [H]ardOCP – Examining the Spectacle of Video Games and Swatting