Swatting gets out of control.

Caleb Barlow from Cyberbit is talking with Dave Bittner and Ben Yelin about a swatting incident that got out of control after a Danvers police officer accidentally shot a gun on the floor of a private school. While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not constitute legal advice. For official legal advice on any of the topics we cover, please contact your attorney. Links to stories: Video shows Danvers police officer accidentally firing gun in St. John's Prep shooting scare Police shot gun during hoax school shooting at St. John’s: Here’s what happened Students, staff evacuate St. John's Prep after 'swatting' incident St. John’s Prep says police, counselors and comfort dogs will be on campus when classes resume on Wednesday Caveat Briefing A companion weekly newsletter is available CyberWire Pro members on the CyberWire's website. If you are a member, make sure you subscribe to receive our weekly wrap-up of privacy, policy, and research news, focused on incidents, techniques, tips, compliance, rights, trends, threats, policy, and influence ops delivered to you inbox each Thursday. Got a question you'd like us to answer on our show? You can send your audio file to [email protected]. Hope to hear from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices