Brian Krebs Gets SWATted · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by timothy on Friday March 15, 2013 @11:15AM from the how-some-people-sleep-at-night dept.

RedLeg writes "ArsTechnica reports that Brian Krebs, of KrebsOnSecurity.com, formerly of the Washington Post, recently got SWATted. For those not familiar with the term, SWATting is the practice of spoofing a call to emergency responders (911 in the U.S.) to induce an overwhelming and potentially devastating response from law enforcement and/or other first responders to the home or residence of the victim. Brian's first-person account of the incident and what he believes to be related events are chronicled here. Krebs has been prominent in the takedown of several cyber-criminal groups in the past, and has been subject to retaliation. I guess this time he poked the wrong bear."

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Re:Danger. by gandhi_2 · 2013-03-15 13:05 · Score: 0, Flamebait

A small army of cops showed up to save Brian from Russian gangsters.
They didn't kill Brian, and everyone learned a lesson.
How about you save that whiney anti-cop bullshit for your drum circle?

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