'Swatting' and livestream scheme involving hacked Ring cameras hits West Covina, Oxnard residents

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'Swatting' and livestream scheme involving hacked Ring cameras hits West Covina, Oxnard residents
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Two men were charged with participating in a 'swatting' spree that gained access to a dozen Ring home security door cameras nationwide and placed bogus emergency phone calls designed to elicit an armed police response, then livestreamed the events on social media, federal prosecutors say.

Two men were charged with participating in a "swatting" spree that gained access to a dozen Ring home security door cameras nationwide and placed bogus emergency phone calls designed to elicit an armed police response, then livestreamed the events on social media, federal prosecutors say.

For one week in November 2020, Nelson and McCarty allegedly gained access to home security door cameras sold by Ring LLC, a home security technology company. They also acquired without authorization the username and password information for Yahoo email accounts belonging to victims throughout the United States, the indictment alleges.

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