(VINnews) — According to the FBI, a massive spree of swatting incidents at nearly 200 shuls and Jewish schools last week is believed to be orchestrated by a foreign entity.
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A confidential FBI memo sent by a top officials and obtained by ABC News said that foreign operatives are believed to have coordinated the disturbing incidents, and more than 30 FBI field offices are working to investigate the huge amount of false reports.
“Swatting” is when an individual or group make a misleading or false report to emergency services in an attempt to draw multiple officials to a specific place.
“At this time, based on similar language and specific email tradecraft used, it appears the perpetrators of these threats are connected,” Assistant FBI Director Cathy Milhoan wrote in the memo. “Additionally, these threats appear to be originating from outside of the United States.”
The non-profit Secure Community Network (SCN) tracked the swatting spree across multiple states, including 93 in California, 62 in Arizona, 15 in Connecticut, five in Colorado, and four in Washington state.
According to SCN, swatting incidents are up over 540% from 2022, with more than 449 swatting incidents and bomb threats taking place this year.
There’s nothing shocking about it
The FBI has more important things to do, like go after the IDF with their “investigation” into the death of Shireen Abu Akleh at the hands of the Palestinians.
If it’s from out of country, why wouldn’t they go random to anywhere? Why just certain places? just wondering.