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2023-12-21 Home Front: WoT

Nationwide swatting spree targeting nearly 200 Jewish institutions in a single weekend was a coordinated effort from group based outside of the US, FBI says

"We couldn't have known anything about it!"

More on this story from yesterday.

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The nationwide swatting spree that targeted nearly 200 Jewish institutions over the weekend is said to have been part of a coordinated effort from a group based outside of the US, according to the FBI.

Yes, but where? The article doesn’t say.

In a confidential memo to partner law enforcement agencies, Assistant FBI Director Cathy Milhoan said: 'At this time, based on similar language and specific email tradecraft used, it appears the perpetrators of these threats are connected. Additionally, these threats appear to be originating from outside of the United States.'

Between Friday and Saturday, 199 swatting incidents and false bomb threats were tracked by the Secure Community Network, a non-profit that informs US Jewish institutions of security and safety.

Swatting is when people make prank calls to fool emergency services of false incidents.

Since the October 7 Hamas attack and the ensuing war, these incidents have drastically risen.

On Monday, the non-profit organization reported that there were 93 swatting incidents in California, 62 in Arizona, 15 in Connecticut, five in Colorado and four in Washington the past 24 hours. Pennsylvania and Mississippi also received false threats this past weekend, while Alabama had six reported on Saturday alone.

The SCN said that compared to this time last year, they have logged more than 449 swatting incidents. These occurrences have happened 541 percent more than they did in 2022.

'We continue to work in coordination with law enforcement and Jewish security partners to respond to incidents & ensure Jewish communities across North America have the tools and guidance to respond appropriately,' SCN said in a post on X.

The Boulder Police Department said that the FBI would investigate the situation and Rabbi Greene said that they have since hired a security guard for the weekend services and school times.

My synagogue in Cincinnati has hired off-duty police officers during Hebrew school and services since shortly after 9/11. The local Jewish community center, which shares the building, built a very nice little police satellite office off the front entrance to the building, manned whenever the building is open.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-21 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11183 views ] Top

#1 Swatting is when people make prank calls to fool emergency services of false incidents.

In the long game...
Phase 0: observe and identify targets of interest:
-scheduled occupation by community(s) of interest
-community composition and vulnerability
-shock value and target density
-identify controlled access to target venue(s)

Phase I: distributed, sporadic trial events
-thematic clusters of demographic 'HVTs'
--sporting events in contained arenas
--religious events(weekly services)
--routine community gatherings
...schools
...concerts
...seasonal holiday consumers
-daily commuter work habits
--shift change traffic patterns
--grocery, gas, school pickups

Phase II:
-strategic scoring of event response likelyhoods
--mapping response routes
--mapping response tactics
--inventory of emergency response vehicles
--identifying response intermediate cluster points of ingress and egress for emergency services
- practice timing of response teams

Phase III:
-stress the responders
--overload vehicle scheduling
--introduce asymmetric impediments
---crowd control
---RR crossing accidents
---blocking bridge chokepoints
---power outages
---gas explosions
---flooding of response routes
---subway flooding/shootngs
-stress the responding agencies
--police
--fire
--emergency services
--utility teams
---gas
---water
---electric
--aid centers
---staffing
---consumables

Phase IV:
-engage

Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-21 04:50|| 2023-12-21 04:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Who woke him up?

Posted by al aSha-med 2023-12-21 04:52|| 2023-12-21 04:52|| Front Page Top

#3 A hostile act inside the US. A smack down would ensue if we had a president that wasn’t wearing a Depends product.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-12-21 16:20|| 2023-12-21 16:20|| Front Page Top

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