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Man Hacks 911 System, Sends SWAT on Bogus Raid
An anonymous reader writes "The Orange County Register reports that a 19 year old from Washington state broke into the Orange County California 911 emergency system. He randomly selected the name and address of a Lake Forest, California couple and electronically transferred false information into the 911 system. The Orange County California Sheriff's Department's Special Weapons and Tactics Team was immediately sent to the home of a couple with two sleeping toddlers. The SWAT team handcuffed the husband and wife before deciding it was a prank. Says the article, 'Other law enforcement agencies have seen similar breaches into their 911 systems as part of a trend picked up by computer hackers in the nation called "SWATting"'"
It was a typo. I mean, Q and N are right next to each-other.
Obama likes poor people so much, he wants to make more of them.
The problem here is the illegality and absurdity of the drug war.
Yeah, That's the problem with people hacking the 911 system to dispatch SWAT teams, good call.
Posting from work?
What?
For people who do this kind of stuff.
Whitehat Grayhat Blackhat Asshat
It may be the police's / politician's own fault for having the unprotected system and bla bla bla... But when they catch the guy who did it, 5+ years in the slammer I say. That's the kind of situation when you can take the Hacker Manifesto and wipe your ass with it.
I always thought it was, "Fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again."