Someone Is Selling Computer Generated Swatting Services

<p>Automation is making everyone’s lives easier, including people who call in fake bomb threats on crowded public locations. We live in a world where pranksters and criminals can summon a massive police presence with the click of a few buttons. On this episode of Cyber, Motherboard staff writer Joseph Cox is here to tell us all about it.</p><br><p><strong>Stories discussed in this episode:</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7z8be/torswats-computer-generated-ai-voice-swatting" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America</strong></a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5ybe9/nexx-smart-garage-lock-hacked-not-working" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Smart Garage Company Fixes Vulnerability by Breaking Customers' Devices</strong></a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkadqy/hackers-can-remotely-open-smart-garage-doors-across-the-world-simpaltek" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Hackers Can Remotely Open Smart Garage Doors Across the World</strong></a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/93kwd7/irs-wants-to-buy-internet-mass-monitoring-tool-team-cymru-netflow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>IRS Wants to Buy Internet Mass Monitoring Tool</strong></a></p><br><p><strong>We’re recording CYBER live on</strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> Twitch</strong></a><strong> and</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/motherboard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> YouTube</strong></a><strong>. Watch live during the week.</strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> Follow us</strong></a><strong> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.&nbsp;</strong></p><br><p><strong>Subscribe to</strong><a href="https://itunes.appl