Staying safe while gaming: how to ensure your children don’t become victims of financial fraud

Credit to Author: Quickheal| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 08:45:47 +0000

Protect your children from financial frauds when gaming

If you’re a parent and haven’t been in touch with gaming for a while, you’d be surprised at…

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Call of Duty cheats can expect embarrassment with new anti-cheat feature

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:43:07 +0000

Call of Duty cheats can expect a whole new world of embarrassment as a new anti-cheating feature called Cloaking is introduced.

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Calif. Man Pleads Guilty in Fatal Swatting Case, Faces 20+ Years in Prison

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 20:27:01 +0000

A California man who pleaded guilty Tuesday to causing dozens of swatting attacks — including a deadly incident in Kansas last year — now faces 20 or more years in prison.

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3 Charged In Fatal Kansas ‘Swatting’ Attack

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 17:45:52 +0000

Federal prosecutors have charged three men with carrying out a deadly hoax known as “swatting,” in which perpetrators call or message a target’s local 911 operators claiming a fake hostage situation or a bomb threat in progress at the target’s address — with the expectation that local police may respond to the scene with deadly force. While only one of the three men is accused of making the phony call to police that got an innocent man shot and killed, investigators say the other two men’s efforts to taunt and deceive one another ultimately helped point the gun.

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Serial Swatter “SWAuTistic” Bragged He Hit 100 Schools, 10 Homes

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 17:15:10 +0000

The individual who allegedly made a fake emergency call to Kansas police last week that summoned them to shoot and kill an unarmed local man has claimed credit for raising dozens of these dangerous false alarms — calling in bogus hostage situations and bomb threats at roughly 100 schools and at least 10 residences.

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