For nearly two years, police have been tracking down the culprit behind a wave of hoax threats. A digital trail took them to the door of a 17-year-old in California.

There was a story posted a day or so ago about a teen getting arrested for multiple Swatting attacks. This story from Wired explains how the authorities tracked him down and pieced everything together.

  • ABCDE@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    He barely hid yet it took that long to arrest him. He wasn’t even trying to hide his IP.

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      5 months ago

      No one ever accused the police of being good at their jobs.