Torswats

Also known as: Nazgul Swats, Torswats V3, Third Reich of Kiwiswats, The Table Swats, Angmar

<cite index="11-10,11-12">Torswats was a swatting-for-hire organization operated by Alan Winston Filion, a California teenager, who conducted hundreds of fake bomb threats and mass shooting threats against schools, religious institutions, and government officials across the United States</cite>. <cite index="2-12,2-13,2-14">Operating on Telegram, the service charged $75 to close down a school and $50 for 'extreme swattings' targeting individuals with home searches</cite>. <cite index="3-18,6-18">The organization pioneered the use of AI-generated voices to conduct swatting attacks at scale while protecting the operator's identity</cite>. <cite index="20-4,19-6">Between August 2022 and January 2024, Filion made over 375 swatting and threat calls targeting religious institutions, high schools, colleges, universities, government officials, and numerous individuals</cite>. <cite index="20-6,20-13">These calls were designed to cause large-scale deployment of police and emergency services, with Filion claiming he could get 'cops to drag victims and their families out of the house, cuff them and search for dead bodies'</cite>.