The press seems to care more now that it\u2019s demoncraps getting hit<\/p>\n
Election cybersecurity director was a victim of a \u2018swatting\u2019 attack in her home.<\/a><\/p>\n The director of the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s cybersecurity infrastructure protection agency confirms she was the victim of a dangerous \u201cswatting<\/a>\u201d attempt late last month. As first reported on January 22 by cybersecurity news outlet,\u00a0The Record<\/em><\/a>, local police in Arlington County, VA, arrived at Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly\u2019s residence around 9pm on December 30 after receiving a 911 call that falsely claimed a shooting had occurred in or near her home.<\/p>\n What is \u2018swatting\u2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cSwatting<\/a>\u201d refers to when malicious actors intentionally report nonexistent, often violent crimes at a target\u2019s residence, with the intention of causing an aggressive, potentially harmful police response. The term originates in reference to the SWAT teams most often dispatched to handle the kinds of crimes reported by hoaxers. Although its origins reside in events such as simply calling in false bomb threats, swatting itself has\u00a0grown in popularity<\/a>\u00a0over the years, initially through the online video gaming community. The FBI first referenced the \u201cnew phenomenon<\/a>\u201d as far back as 2008, but tactics have evolved since then to include more sophisticated methods such as hacking\u00a0Ring<\/a>\u00a0cameras and employing \u201cspoofing<\/a>\u201d technology to appear as though a 911 call is actually coming from a targeted residence. The technical complexity involved in Easterly\u2019s incident is currently unclear.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Although law enforcement officers departed Easterly\u2019s home last month after confirming the 911 call to be a hoax, this unfortunately is not always the case. In 2017,\u00a0Wichita police accidentally killed<\/a>\u00a0a 28-year-old after responding to false reports of a shooting and hostage situation. In that instance, the tragedy stemmed from a dispute from two online gamers with no connection to the victim after one of the players provided the other their old address.<\/p>\n Swatting is increasingly used to harass public and elected officials, regardless of political affiliation. The tactic\u2019s rising popularity is considered so grave that the\u00a0FBI established a national database<\/a> to help track and prevent future swatting events in June 2023.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the most troubling trends we have seen in recent years has been the harassment of public officials across the political spectrum, including extreme incidents involving swatting and direct personal threats,\u201d Easterly said in a statement offered to\u00a0The Record<\/em><\/a>\u00a0on Monday. \u201cThese incidents pose a serious risk to the individuals, their families, and in the case of swatting, to the law enforcement officers responding to the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n Although Easterly described the experience as \u201charrowing,\u201d she explained that swatting is now \u201cunfortunately not unique.\u201d CISA\u2019s director cited bad actors recently targeting \u201cseveral of our nation\u2019s election officials\u201d due to continued, patently false conspiracy theories and outright lies pertaining to both the 2020 election, as well as the upcoming 2024 election asserting rigged outcomes for President Biden.<\/p>\n In just the past few weeks, swatting attacks occurred on\u00a0judges overseeing legal cases<\/a>\u00a0against former President Donald Trump, election officials in both\u00a0Georgia<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Maine<\/a>, as well as both Republican and Democrat\u00a0 politicians. During a press conference last week, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called the trend<\/a>\u00a0\u201ca danger and a risk to our society\u201d after the White House itself faced a swatting hoax pertaining to a nonexistent fire.<\/p>\n CISA first formed in 2007 as a division of the Department of Homeland Security. In 2018, its responsibilities expanded to encompass national election and census cybersecurity efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The press seems to care more now that it\u2019s demoncraps getting hit Election cybersecurity director was a victim of a \u2018swatting\u2019 attack in her home. The director of the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s cybersecurity infrastructure protection agency confirms she was the victim of a dangerous \u201cswatting\u201d attempt late last month. 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