Notorious phone phreaker gets 11 years for swatting

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  • June 30, 2009

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.…

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