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Blind Phone ‘Swatter’ Gets 11 Years For 911 Phone Hacking

3:00AM July 1, 2009 | Jason Chen

A 19-year-old who was part of a swatting group—hacking the phone system to get 911 to respond with a SWAT team to potentially dangerous situations in order to harass people—just got sentenced to 11 years in prison. More »