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"Computer generated" hoax robocalls claiming active shooters send Pittsburgh-area schools into chaos
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Damn, 80s Hollywood spy thrillers coming to life…
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Because, for some arseholes, dead children aren’t enough misery.
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The 911 infrastructure has made this far, far too easy - and our mass shooter culture has made the threat far, far too plausible. I’m only surprised this doesn’t happen constantly with students themselves doing this to get out of every unwanted test, or sociopaths just for shits and giggles.
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Coming days after a mass shooter in Nashville killed three children and three teachers at a private school there
3 children, 1 principal, 1 teacher and 1 custodian.
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This same thing happened in metro west Boston yesterday morning-- 28 middle/high schools were swatted with active shooter reports within a short time window. Ridiculous assholes.
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Easy enough to send hoax calls to several schools before an actual event at another one. I hate that this even occurs to me, but if it does, you know that actual bad actors have already thought it.
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This is terrorism plain and simple.
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not familiar with the tech involved, but i’m assuming they are spoofing the number(s) the calls are coming from, like robot spam calls? wish there was a way to trace and track them…
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I hate that the first thought I had was that this is a test run of that very thing by those very same bad actors.
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