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Man Hacks 911 System, Sends SWAT on Bogus Raid

Tags: 911 + SWAT + SWATting + Prank

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Posted by CapitanPOP 2 years 1 month ago; via it.slashdot.org/article.p...

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...

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