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Hempstead High School

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 5241 Report
Synthesized Voices Were Reportedly Used by Torswats to Sell Swatting Calls Targeting Schools and Homes

2023-02-12

A Telegram user or channel known as Torswats reportedly offered paid swatting services and uploaded recordings of false emergency calls using synthesized or computer-generated voices. Reported targets included high schools, private residences, streamers, businesses, and police departments; some calls prompted lockdowns, searches, or armed law-enforcement responses. The exact voice-generation tool was not identified.

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Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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Torswats

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 524
    1 Report

    Synthesized Voices Were Reportedly Used by Torswats to Sell Swatting Calls Targeting Schools and Homes

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Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 524
    1 Report

    Synthesized Voices Were Reportedly Used by Torswats to Sell Swatting Calls Targeting Schools and Homes

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Unknown voice cloning technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 524
    1 Report

    Synthesized Voices Were Reportedly Used by Torswats to Sell Swatting Calls Targeting Schools and Homes

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Your CBD Store

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 524
    1 Report

    Synthesized Voices Were Reportedly Used by Torswats to Sell Swatting Calls Targeting Schools and Homes

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University of Pittsburgh Police Department

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 524
    1 Report

    Synthesized Voices Were Reportedly Used by Torswats to Sell Swatting Calls Targeting Schools and Homes

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Phillipsburg High School

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 524
    1 Report

    Synthesized Voices Were Reportedly Used by Torswats to Sell Swatting Calls Targeting Schools and Homes

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Dubuque Police Department

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 524
    1 Report

    Synthesized Voices Were Reportedly Used by Torswats to Sell Swatting Calls Targeting Schools and Homes

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Bellefonte Area High School

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 524
    1 Report

    Synthesized Voices Were Reportedly Used by Torswats to Sell Swatting Calls Targeting Schools and Homes

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students

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 524
    1 Report

    Synthesized Voices Were Reportedly Used by Torswats to Sell Swatting Calls Targeting Schools and Homes

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Educational communities

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 524
    1 Report

    Synthesized Voices Were Reportedly Used by Torswats to Sell Swatting Calls Targeting Schools and Homes

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Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 524
    1 Report

    Synthesized Voices Were Reportedly Used by Torswats to Sell Swatting Calls Targeting Schools and Homes

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Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 524
    1 Report

    Synthesized Voices Were Reportedly Used by Torswats to Sell Swatting Calls Targeting Schools and Homes

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Telegram

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 524
    1 Report

    Synthesized Voices Were Reportedly Used by Torswats to Sell Swatting Calls Targeting Schools and Homes

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