After injecting cancer hospital with ransomware, crims threaten to swat patients::Remember the good old days when ransomware crooks vowed not to infect medical centers?

  • Land_Strider@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Can’t wait for the GTA Online players to swat me in my home… wait we don’t have a SWAT that automatically kicks doors in without any question, so shove that threat up yours, hackers!

    Jokes aside, the “swatting” being a term and applicable threat method is pretty sad. Especially when the duty officers responsible for your protection can be the ones that can put your life at risk with unverified reasons bordering institutional paranoia.

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      6 months ago

      Especially when the duty officers responsible for your protection can be the ones that can put your life at risk with unverified reasons bordering institutional paranoia.

      How black America has always seen police