Internet Law
Hacker Gets 5 Years for Prank 911 Calls Resulting in SWAT Team Raids
Posted May 16, 2008, 02:04 pm CDT
By Martha Neil
The leader of a group of hackers who reportedly sent police SWAT teams to fictitious hostage situations in the homes of some 250 innocent people in 60 cities between 2002 and 2006 was sentenced yesterday by a federal judge in Texas to five years in prison.
Describing the pranks, in which the group used spoofing technology to place calls, seemingly, from another phone line, as a form of domestic terrorism, U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle also fined Stuart Rosoff, of Ohio, $75,000, reports the Dallas Morning News.
"Group members pretended to be inside their victims' homes, claiming to be holding hostages and threatening to kill them. Some people were injured as police stormed the homes," the… Continue reading...
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