KPIX CBS Evening News With Norah ODonnell September 14, 2021 01:45:00
For tens of thousands of dollars. >> reporter: cbs news learned of a growing criminal enterprise where victims around the country say they were threatened for their social media handles, some like herring, by cyber criminals calling in fake emergencies. it's a tactic called "swatting." >> swatting is a more prevalent scheme we're seeing in this type of online extortion space. >> reporter: kenneth polite leads the u.s. justice's criminal division. he told us there are currently no federal laws that explicitly outlaw swatting. >> they're targeting celebrities, politicians, federal prosecutors, j...
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