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I spoke to the leader of the 764-linked swatting group that is behind the recent spare of hoax active shooter calls at university campuses across the US.
He claims to have earned $100,000 in the space of just six days
WIRED spoke to a self-proclaimed leader of an online group called Purgatory, which charged as little as $20 to call in fake threats against schools.
Good thing the FBI stopped investigating domestic terrorists
Why haven’t they all been arrested? I’d say swatting of schools would/should be a felony.
Finding such people used to be the FBI’s job. Now they are out in the streets looking for landscapers and dishwashers.
They really need to increase the penalties for this crime, it always feels like they just get a slap on the wrist when caught.
Tell them we said they should go fuck themselves please and thank you.
ask them about recent elections and foreign countries....
Weird that the contact stated the swatting would continue for "2 months"... why 2 months? Seemed weird to have a succinct timeline in his head, ready to roll
I'm not following the math. They claim to charge $95 for a school swatting, there have been 12, but they claim to have made $100,000.
They should be sued and put out of business
I’m too tired to figure out how to sign in, so it sucks this is behind a paywall because I do subscribe to wired and I’d really like to read this. I’m just literally too fucking tired. Oh well. I’m sure you did some good reporting here.
This is terrorism, what they’re doing. It’s genuinely evil.
This is eerily similar to Russia paying out of work young people to create havoc in NATO countries.
Who is organizing / paying these people?
I wonder whose agenda such a crime might serve.
While the National Guard put down mulch in DC.
And if this mysterious "leader" were to die suddenly?
This doesn’t sound good. The Blood & Stool administration are probably encouraging this. What a mess.
This crap is setting up for martial law
