When you joined Teach for America and decided that education was your path, did you see this as part of the trajectory? No, I didn't see that part of it. We've been dealing with this in one way or another. You know, these swatting calls are coming from some bad actors,. It appears the intent is to take a toll on people.
Teachers and students in the US are always on alert for the possibility of an active shooter entering their classrooms. Now hundreds of schools around the country are dealing with a new, anxiety inducing disruption: swatting. It’s when police rush to schools in response to fake threats intended to cause chaos.
Bloomberg cybersecurity reporter Jeff Stone joins this episode to talk about the sharp rise of these events in recent months. And New York school district superintendent Matt Landahl shares what it’s like to receive these calls and manage the response in real time.
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