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Welsh Doxbin admin jailed for egging on swatters from behind a screen

Callum Dare encouraged others to carry out dangerous hoaxes, made mini-movies from the footage

A Welshman was sentenced to prison on Tuesday for his role in numerous swattings in the UK, US, and Canada.

Callum Dare, 26, was an administrator of Doxbin, a dark web platform frequented by individuals that expose the personally identifiable information (PII) of people, usually to encourage harassment or to target them through swatting attacks.

The Talbot Green man never actually carried out a swatting call himself, although investigators said "he was an active participant" in Doxbin's "#deadnet" channel, "where he encouraged and assisted others in targeting individuals and organizations through swatting attacks."

The investigation into Dare began in May 2019, when he was aged 19, after the FBI engaged South Wales Police and Tarian Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU). Tarian ROCU said messages on Dare's phone tied him to "multiple" swatting attacks in the...

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