Swatting: Roots, Implications and Ways to Combat

Join us as we dive deep into the alarming trend of swatting—making false emergency calls to dispatch a SWAT team to an unsuspecting victim’s location. Discover its origins, real-world implications, and how technology, especially artificial intelligence, is fighting back.

During the session, we will discuss in detail:

origins of swatting: how it began in online gaming communities

high-profile incidents and their consequences

the costs associated with swatting

combating strategies and identifying swatting calls

Speakers

Alex

AI Insights Lead at Scylla