Secret Service, Justice Dept locate person of interest in swatting attacks on DHS Secretary Mayorkas and other officials

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The person of interest is alleged to have made swatting calls targeting senior Biden administration officials, including DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Federal agents have located a person of interest in over 100 swatting calls, which included calls targeting Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure and Security Agency Director Jen Easterly and other senior Biden administration officials, according to law enforcement officials.Officials say the person of interest lives in Serbia; charges have not yet been filed, but sources say they could be filed soon.

Swatting is a dangerous and illegal scheme in which people try to harass or menace others by making false emergency calls in an attempt to prompt police to dispatch SWAT teams to the homes of public figures, celebrities or personal enemies.Sources familiar with the matter said that U.S. Secret Service and the FBI participated in a search of the person of interest's residence in Serbia and confiscated computers and other electronic devices.The chief of staff for Rep.

 

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