Swatting is the act of creating hoax calls to emergency providers, designed to set off an pressing and widespread emergency response.
The boy has now been charged with 12 counts of utilizing a telecommunications community with the intention to commit a severe offence, being conveying false details about hazard, and one depend of unauthorised possession of a prohibited firearm.
AFP Performing Assistant Commissioner Graeme Marshall mentioned offenders of swatting crimes tended to be younger males.
“These perpetrators, usually younger males aged from 11-25, are partaking in crime sorts similar to swatting, doxxing and hacking to attain standing, notoriety and recognition of their on-line teams,” he mentioned.
“[They act] beneath the mistaken perception they’re nameless.”
Marshall claimed the boy’s alleged offences resulted in important monetary hurt.
