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CYBER

Someone Is Selling Computer Generated Swatting Services

CYBER

VICE

Tech News, News & Politics, Technology, News

4645 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Automation is making everyone’s lives easier, including people who call in fake bomb threats on crowded public locations. We live in a world where pranksters and criminals can summon a massive police presence with the click of a few buttons. On this episode of Cyber, Motherboard staff writer Joseph Cox is here to tell us all about it.


Stories discussed in this episode:


A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America


Smart Garage Company Fixes Vulnerability by Breaking Customers' Devices


Hackers Can Remotely Open Smart Garage Doors Across the World


IRS Wants to Buy Internet Mass Monitoring Tool


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0:00.0

Tadden, it's got the code it's going to launch.

0:10.2

It's a unit system.

0:12.5

I know this.

0:14.5

It's how all the files of the whole park.

0:16.7

It tells her everything.

0:18.5

Sir, he's uploading the virus.

0:21.3

Eagle One. The package is being delivered.

0:24.4

Hello out there on the internet.

0:26.7

I am Matthew Galt, and this is cyber.

0:29.7

So someone, or several someone's, is using computer-generated voices.

0:35.9

See, I've got all sorts of problems today.

0:39.8

All right, let me, let me try that again.

0:42.1

So someone, or several someone's, is using computer generated voices

0:45.4

to automate bomb threats across America.

0:49.0

Automation is making everyone's lives easier,

0:51.7

including people who call in fake bomb threats on crowded public locations.

0:58.2

We live in a world where pranksters and criminals can summon a massive police presence with the

1:02.4

click of a few buttons. Here to tell us about it is a motherboard writer Joseph Cox. J.C., how are

1:07.4

you doing today? All good, all good. Thank you for having me.

1:13.8

Okay, so very top level here.

1:17.5

What is this program called Tor Swats?

1:33.0

Tor Swats, I guess it's less of a program, and I call it, I don't know, an entity, an organization, or I guess, you know, a guy, but it is sort of a service being offered on Telegram.

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