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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wanna know how one "hacks the 911 system"? Some
rogue CallManager admin who modified the route pattern's external calling
mask to display a neighbour's 10 digit number maybe?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV id=headline><B>Hacker gets 3 years for phony 911
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SANTA ANA, Calif. - A computer hacker was
sentenced to three years in prison for placing a phony 911 call that led a
SWAT team to storm a family home at gunpoint. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It marked the first prosecution in Orange County
for a prank known as "swatting" that involves sending SWAT teams on wild goose
chases, said county district attorney's spokeswoman Farrah Emami on Thursday.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Randal Ellis, 19, pleaded guilty Wednesday in
Orange County Superior Court to five felony counts, including computer access
and fraud, false imprisonment by violence and falsely reporting a crime.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>He was given prison time and ordered to pay
$14,765 in restitution, most of which will go to the county Sheriff's
Department. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ellis, of Mukilteo, Wash., placed a 911 call last
March, at first claiming to report a drug overdose and then alleging a
possible murder, investigators said. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Prosecutors said he hacked the 911 system and
transmitted phony information that appeared to show he was calling from a Lake
Forest home. A sheriff's SWAT team accompanied by police dogs and a helicopter
descended on the home, where a couple and their two toddlers were sleeping,
Emami said. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Doug Bates, awakened by a noise, thought there
were prowlers outside and grabbed a kitchen knife. When he checked the
backyard, he found SWAT team deputies pointing assault rifles at him. Bates
and his wife were handcuffed until authorities determined the call was a hoax.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"That very easily could have turned deadly,"
Emami said. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ellis was arrested last October and had remained
jailed since then.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Lelio
Fulgenzi, B.A.<BR>Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario
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