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'Swatting' and livestream scheme involving hacked Ring cameras hits West Covina, Oxnard residents

Por: ABC7 Nation December 20, 2022

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LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Two men were charged with participating in a swatting spree that gained access to a dozen Ring home security door cameras nationwide -- including in West Covina and Oxnard -- and placed bogus emergency phone calls designed to elicit an armed police response, then livestreamed the events on social media, federal prosecutors announced Monday.Kya Christian Nelson, 21, of Racine, Wisconsin, and James Thomas Andrew McCarty, 20,... + full article



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