A Welsh man was jailed after investigators said he helped encourage and support swatting attacks linked to the doxing platform Doxbin. Authorities said Callum Dare, an administrator on Doxbin, used the platform’s #deadnet channel to assist and incite hoax emergency calls, shared montage videos of armed-police responses to encourage copycats, and was tied through seized chat logs, a PayPal account, and device forensics to multiple incidents including threats against a Cardiff hotel, a University of California lecture theater, and victims in Canada.
Why it matters: Swatting can get armed police sent to innocent people’s homes or workplaces and has caused real injuries and deaths. The case highlights how doxing forums can enable harassment and violent hoaxes at scale, so organizations and individuals targeted by online harassment should treat leaked personal data and threat escalation as an immediate safety issue.
2026.07.14
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This article establishes a distinct enforcement story centered on Callum Dare’s role as a Doxbin administrator who encouraged and supported multiple swatting attacks across three countries.
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