Someone can hack into your telephone, call 911 and send ETF to storm your house...

[wasserkool]

This is exactly what this ******* did:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/59899.html

This could have ended very very bad. If the swats were trigger happy or if the man came out with a gun instead...he would been riddled with bullets.

"A teenager from Washington state was arrested last week on charges of hacking into an Orange County, Calif., 911 system and tricking the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) into sending a SWAT team to an innocent couple's home in Lake Forest."

"Ellis then allegedly used the victims' names and address and claimed to have shot and murdered someone in the Lake Forest home. He also threatened to shoot additional people, according to the OCDA, which sparked the sheriff's department there to deploy a SWAT team. When the team arrived at the Lake Forrest home, Doug Bates heard rustling in the bushes outside and believed it to be a prowler. He took a knife from the kitchen and went into the backyard, where he found the SWAT team pointing assault rifles at him, the OCDA reported.

The SWAT team handcuffed both parents at gunpoint and held them until it was determined the report was a fake. "

[cwb27]

This is exactly what this ******* did:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/59899.html

This could have ended very very bad. If the swats were trigger happy or if the man came out with a gun instead...he would been riddled with bullets.

"A teenager from Washington state was arrested last week on charges of hacking into an Orange County, Calif., 911 system and tricking the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) into sending a SWAT team to an innocent couple's home in Lake Forest."

"Ellis then allegedly used the victims' names and address and claimed to have shot and murdered someone in the Lake Forest home. He also threatened to shoot additional people, according to the OCDA, which sparked the sheriff's department there to deploy a SWAT team. When the team arrived at the Lake Forrest home, Doug Bates heard rustling in the bushes outside and believed it to be a prowler. He took a knife from the kitchen and went into the backyard, where he found the SWAT team pointing assault rifles at him, the OCDA reported.

The SWAT team handcuffed both parents at gunpoint and held them until it was determined the report was a fake. "

No one is hacking anything... The guy is probably using some sort of Voice over IP setup to emulate the person's phone # and address information...

Ever get a phone call from 123-456-7890? Same sort of deal.

[gordholio]

No one is hacking anything... The guy is probably using some sort of Voice over IP setup to emulate the person's phone # and address information...

Ever get a phone call from 123-456-7890? Same sort of deal.

Whatever it is, it's unethical and dangerous to be doing it.

[champlinD]

I Know I need new glasses but I don't get this.

"A teenager from Washington state was arrested last week on charges of hacking into an Orange County, Calif., 911 system and tricking the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) into sending a SWAT team to an innocent couple's home in Lake Forest."

And the Title is

"Someone can hack into your telephone, call 911 "

[ullyeus]

No one is hacking anything... The guy is probably using some sort of Voice over IP setup to emulate the person's phone # and address information...

Ever get a phone call from 123-456-7890? Same sort of deal.

In the most general sense it could be considering hacking. ie: exploiting an electronic system.

[ullyeus]

I Know I need new glasses but I don't get this.

"A teenager from Washington state was arrested last week on charges of hacking into an Orange County, Calif., 911 system and tricking the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) into sending a SWAT team to an innocent couple's home in Lake Forest."

And the Title is

"Someone can hack into your telephone, call 911 "

What don't you get?

[cwb27]

Whatever it is, it's unethical and dangerous to be doing it.

Yeah no argument from me.

[Hairball]

Heck, making any phone call from anywhere reporting a threat could have police coming, this doesn't have to be a "hacked" phone.

[st7860]

nobody has heard of phreaking i guess.

[blainehamilton]

Sounds like the teenager is going to get a slap on the wrist and at least 6 months probation / house arrest for being so bad.

Good thing it didn't result in somebody being killed. Otherwise, he might get 12 months probation instead...

[Ebola]

Sounds like the teenager is going to get a slap on the wrist and at least 6 months probation / house arrest for being so bad.

Good thing it didn't result in somebody being killed. Otherwise, he might get 12 months probation instead...

This case is in the US, not Canada. So more likely to have more punitive sentences.

[computer01]

Probably some Internet / VoIP thing but it could be as simple as a beige box:

Take a small regular home phone. Get a regular phone extension cord. Cut the cord leaving the jack end and a couple of feet of cable. Solder alligator clips to the red and green wires. Go to the outside demarc or open the pedestal at the street. Clip onto the binding posts and voila, dialtone. That or just buy a buttset.

EDIT: And nice work on the tactical part OCSD. If that had been a real situation, your rustling just alerted the suspect that you were outside.

EDIT2: "We're not going to share exactly how he hacked into the system, but... he was doing this all from his home in Washington..." Obviously not a beige box. Probably CID spoofing via VoIP.

[GunnerX]

I thought 911 Operators are instructed to call the number again to confirm the situation.

[cwb27]

I thought 911 Operators are instructed to call the number again to confirm the situation.

Pretty much whenever someone calls 911 expect the police to pay you a visit.

Someone calls 911 and says "Help, someone is in my *click*"

911 calls back and asks if everything and the person says everything is fine. What's to say the person isn't under some sort of duress.

[board123]

What don't you get?

The article states that the perp hacked into the police system. The title states the perp hacked your personal phone line and used it to call 911.