Alleged Member of Neo-Nazi Swatting Group Charged

2020-01-11 03:22

In July 2019, KrebsOnSecurity published the story Neo-Nazi Swatters Target Dozens of Journalists, which detailed the activities of a loose-knit group of individuals who had targeted hundreds of individuals for swatting attacks, including federal judges, corporate executives and almost three-dozen journalists.

An FBI affidavit unsealed this week identifies one member of the group as John William Kirby Kelley.

The affidavit says one of the thumb drives included multiple documents that logged statements made on the Deadnet IRC channel, which chronicled "Countless examples of swatting activity over an extended period of time." Those included videos Kelley allegedly recorded of his computer screen which showed live news footage of police responding to swatting attacks while he and other Deadnet members discussed the incidents in real-time on their IRC forum.

At one point last year, Zheme also reminded denizens of Deadnet about a court hearing in the murder trial of Sam Woodward, an alleged Atomwaffen member who's been charged with killing a 19-year-old gay Jewish college student.

KrebsOnSecurity has obtained information indicating that several members of my family also have been targeted for harassment and swatting by this group.

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