Home / Swatting: W5
Catalogue Number: CTV716
Producer: CTV
Producing Agencies: CTV
Subject: Canadian Social Issues, Criminal Justice & Law, Social Issues, Sociology
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2017
Running Time: 20:00
Swatting: W5
Catalogue Number: CTV716
Producer: CTV
Producing Agencies: CTV
Subject: Canadian Social Issues, Criminal Justice & Law, Social Issues, Sociology
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2017
Running Time: 20:00
W5 investigates alarming incidents that seem to be happening more and more in big cities - tactical teams responding to a crisis like a gunman at large or a hostage taking. But in some cases, the calls are sophisticated fakes, a hoax by hackers. It's happening so often now it has a name: swatting. Anyone can become the target of a swatting, from celebrities, to politicians, to vulnerable young women.