Cyber Security Swatting

Cyber Security Expert Talks Swatting.

Dr. Christopher Mansour, a Cyber Security expert and Mercyhurst Professor discusses swatting and how serious it is.

Swatting is a term used to describe the action of making hoax phone calls to report serious crimes to emergency services. People who carry out a swatting prank call aim to fool emergency services into sending a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team to respond to the supposed emergency.

So-called swatters will falsely report major events like bomb threats, hostage situations, and murders to encourage the most serious response from emergency services. As a result, swatting has resulted in several deaths of people innocently targeted by SWAT teams.