Watching a "Swatting" Slowly Unfold [Slashdot]

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netbuzz writes That online gamers have been victimized has unfortunately allowed us to see what "swatting" looks like from the perspective of the target: terrifying and potentially deadly. A similar type of criminally unnecessary SWAT scene played out Saturday night when a caller to police in Hopkinton, Mass., claimed to be holed up in the town's closed public library with two hostages and a bomb. The library stands within eyesight of the starting line for the Boston Marathon. An editor for Network World, there by happenstance, watched for two hours, and, while it was a hoax and no one was hurt, his account highlights the disruption and wastefulness these crimes inflict.http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (http://twitter.com/home?status=Watching+a+%22Swatting%22+Slowly+Unfol d%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1FvQbhj)http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgames.slashdot.org%2Fsto ry%2F15%2F04%2F06%2F140232%2Fwatching-a-swatting-slowly-unfold%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dface book)http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png (http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://games.slashdot.org/story/15/04/06/140232/watching-a-swatting-slowly-unfold?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=googleplus)

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