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"'"

Comments

Drugs

[crabpeople]

"SWAT officers expected to find a victim shot to death, drugs and a belligerent armed suspect when they surrounded the home of an unsuspecting couple"

And if drugs were legal, they would have been dispensed by a licensed shop or market, not sold in a home. There would be no shootings over drugs, no belligerent armed suspects, and no home invaded under false pretenses. The problem here is the illegality and absurdity of the drug war.

Re:Good grief

[Anonymous Coward]

Little harm done? What if someone called the SWAT on your bitch ass and they cuffed you, treated you like shit, separated you from your family to ask questions about some shit you dont know about? Do you think the SWAT came in asking questionsand being friendly? Do you think they even gave an apology when they left? fukkin moron... yea real good job little harm done.. youre nothing but a Shaun Earsom Cocksuckin fool with sperm dribbling down those pearly white cheeks .. you fat fukk.. nothing but a net nerd pussy...

Linux security?

[The_Abortionist]

It's no surprise that the system was running Linux. Oh well, live and learn. Linux can't be trusted on sensitive systems.

Re:Forged CID

[blhack]

Sir, please take your rational, knowledgable, and insightful comments elsewhere.
THIS IS SLASHDOT FOR FORD'S SAKE!

SWATmy butt

[unity100]

The Orange County California Sheriff's Department's Special Weapons and Tactics Team" this seems like some farts with fat butts to me ? how big is this goddam department for god's sakes ?

Re:WTF!?

[RightSaidFred99]

Hey, dipshit, he hacked caller ID not "Windoze" or "M% OS" or whatever you fucking dweebs call it these days. He should be sent to prison for at least 5 years and raped in the ass repeatedly.

Re:Good grief

[SengirV]

That's why those on the left want to take away your guns, so that when they sent in the troops to overrun your house, their good little jackbooted soldiers won't get one betweent the eyes.

No man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the
people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to
protect themselves against tyranny in government.

- Thomas Jefferson, June 1776

Re:my feelings

[Anonymous Coward]

I guess your real name is "Lord Asshat."

don't need hacking skillz

[Organic Brain Damage]

All you need to do is call the Sheriff's office from a pay phone and say: "The people at address XXX are making and selling Meth to babies." SWAT team will be there in no time.

Lucky nobody died.

[k1e0x]

Cops are known to shoot first ask questions later when they go on raids.