Swatting incidents have occurred at Villanova and University of South Carolina in recent days. What is going on? What is ...

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

In the past week, six false shooting calls have happened at college campuses, including the University of Tennessee Chattanooga and Villanova. A swatting call that sticks out in Jackson’s mind is a ...

Police at the University of Colorado Boulder on Monday responded to what is now being investigated as a "potential swatting ...

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 ...

The Iowa State University Police Department is monitoring false reports of “an active shooter on campus,” according to the ...

A prank 911 call led to a significant police response in a Rexburg neighborhood this afternoon. According to Rexburg Police, ...

The prank calls are known as "swatting" because of the full police "SWAT" response the calls elicit. The family who was targeted does not want to be identified but spoke out to bring awareness to ...

Tectone became the latest streamer to become a victim of swatting, and he has revealed the reason why police barged into his ...

A 17-year-old Ohio boy was charged with 140 counts of delinquency — stemming from what authorities said is the latest in the dangerous trend of "swatting" in which prank 911 calls are placed to ...