Swatting as a Service
Motherboard is reporting on AI-generated voices being used for “swatting”:
In fact, Motherboard has found, this synthesized call and another against Hempstead High School were just one small part of a months-long, nationwide campaign of dozens, and potentially hundreds, of threats made by one swatter in particular who has weaponized computer generated voices. Known as “Torswats” on the messaging app Telegram, the swatter has been calling in bomb and mass shooting threats against highschools and other locations across the country. Torswat’s connection to these wide ranging swatting incidents has not been previously reported. The further automation of swatting techniques threatens to make an already dangerous harassment technique more prevalent.
S Dedalus • April 17, 2023 8:09 AM
AI is a sideshow here. The ability to spoof Caller ID and effectively hide behind the curtain of shady VOIP services is 98% of the problem. If you attach a cannon fuse or a washing machine timer, a bomb is still a bomb and if you can smuggle either next to the target with impunity, there is now a marketable service. A lot of problems get solved by adding effective trace functions to the Frankenstein we have made from the POTS. Costs money, but the liabilities associated with complacency are mounting by the month.