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Teen serial swatter-for-hire busted, pleads guilty, could face 20 years

Infosec in brief A teenager has pleaded guilty to calling in more than 375 fake threats to law enforcement, and now faces years in prison. Alan Filion, now 18, last week pleaded guilty to four counts of making interstate threats to injure another person. Each count could see Filion spend five years in prison. He will learn his fate when sentenced in February. According to the US Department of Justice, Filion targeted religious and educational institutions, government officials, and numerous indi...

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