A federal grand jury in California has indicted two men who may have been responsible for a nationwide “Ring swatting spree” that targeted Ring security cameras, including those in the Chicago area.
According to the indictment, Kya Christian Nelson, a.k.a. “ChumLul,” of Racine, Wisconsin, and James Thomas Andrew McCarty, a.k.a. “Aspertaine,” of Charlotte, North Carolina hacked into dozens of Ring cameras and placed bogus emergency calls to law enforcement so that they could watch the often-armed response. They are also accused of livestreaming the events on social media.
The indictment alleges other similar Ring-related swatting incidents occurred in Flat Rock, Michigan; Redding, California; Billings, Montana; Decatur, Georgia; Chesapeake, Virginia; Rosenberg, Texas; Oxnard, California; Darien, Illinois; Huntsville, Alabama; North Port, Florida; and Katy, Texas.Sign up for NBC Chicago newsletters.
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