The FBI has formed a national database to track and prevent 'swatting'

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The FBI has formed a national database to track and prevent 'swatting'
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Advances in technology allow callers to mask their voice, phone number or IP address or make their false 911 calls sound more credible.

Schubert said this effort will provide the bureau with "a common operating picture of what's going on across the country." He added, "We're taking every step to monitor this national problem and help however we can."Security expert Lauren R.

Their harassers mostly converge on a website that's cloned elsewhere so participants can migrate rapidly if their forum is ever banned by a service provider.The couple was mostly recently swatted at their home on Tuesday, bringing the total of swatting incidents to 43. Tomlinson's parents, who are senior citizens, also suffered swatting at their home about 2 hours outside of Milwaukee this year.

False threats using the couples' names have also reached a favorite local Irish pub twice this year, causing police to bring bomb sniffing dogs to the bar during a Marquette game on one occasion. Legally, the False Information and Hoaxes statute, also known as section 1038, is most frequently used to prosecute swatting. Other statutes can sometimes apply — one pertaining to interstate threats involving explosives and another pertaining to interstate communications, which refers to extortion or threats to injure or kidnap somebody.

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