Active shooter reports recently hit the University of Tennessee, Villanova University, the University of South Carolina, and ...

Swatting isn’t a prank. It’s a technology-enabled form of harassment that weaponizes 911 to terrorize targets, traumatize ...

At many levels across America, such hoaxes have been plaguing the nation for years, including at schools, grocery stores, ...

Authorities are investigating at least five schools falling victims to swatting, or calls about fake emergencies, that leave ...

A popular online gamer says he was shaken up after armed police stormed his home, believe to be prompted by a prank phone call, as he was live streaming to nearly 60,000 viewers. Joshua Peters, a ...

In a deadly swatting incident, a 28-year-old was shot and killed by police in Kansas. It led to the arrest of a Los Angeles-area man, who had also called in a bomb threat on ABC7 in 2015.

An Ohio gamer upset about a $1.50 bet while playing Call of Duty: WWII online was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for recruiting a prankster to make a bogus emergency call that resulted in ...