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Notorious phone phreaker gets 11 years for swatting

June 30, 2009 01:57

End of the (party) line

A notorious phone phreaker has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison after admitting he took part in a scheme that hacked phone systems to fake emergency 911 calls that sent teams of heavily armed police to the home of unsuspecting victims.?

Link: http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co....

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