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A prank phone call to police sent SWAT teams bursting through the doors of a Colorado office Wednesday, all of which was captured in an online stream on Twitch.
Those detained were not engaged in a standoff, as the caller claimed, but were instead playing Counter-Strike and streaming it online for their fans. This unfortunately common prank, called swatting, has plagued celebrities and tech leaders for years, but has gained steam on live game streams as popular players are targeted.
Police burst into the Littleton, Colorado, offices of The Creatures, a group of gamers that earn their livelihoods by creating videos for Twitch and YouTube, on Wednesday afternoon. Video from the stream of Jordan "Kootra" Mathewson, who was playing Counter-Strike at the time, shows the whole incident Read more...
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