This appears to be a Freudian slip > The hoaxes are called "swatting," a term that refers to calls that falsely report an act of violence in progress or about

This appears to be a Freudian slip > The hoaxes are called "swatting," a term that refers to calls that falsely report an act of violence in progress or about to occur. They are intended to set off a massive and immediate deployment of armed law enforcement to a specific target, including SWAT teams. The results can be quite dangerous, as they were in a fatal incident in 2017, when police swatted a man in Wichita, Kansas. (emphasis added) Edit: It also isn't clear what the author means by "originates overseas". Their facts on consistent with the final VPN hop being in Ethiopia, but their analysis assume the user was there.