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- Sep 2022
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krebsonsecurity.com krebsonsecurity.com
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"Violence as a Service", criminals seek and offer others online to commit violence against other people. E.g. molotov cocktail, brick through the window. Mostly amongst SIM swappers (to take over accounts). Krebs suggests this may become a more common thing, like swatting, which started out as a crime amongst gamers and got wider adoption in the US (such as amongst SIM swappers).
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- Dec 2019
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www.wired.com www.wired.com
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All of these people are the latest victims of an internet-age crime called swatting, in which bad actors sic the police on a fellow internet user who has angered, offended, or simply annoyed them.It’s one of the worst “pranks” imaginable, with sometimes deadly consequences. It started as a niche crime, seldom seen or discussed outside of the gaming community.
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