IIRC, the term swatting stems from the eighties, perhaps even earlier by phreakers and such. It could be that it's more popular now, since there are more hacker

IIRC, the term swatting stems from the eighties, perhaps even earlier by phreakers and such. It could be that it's more popular now, since there are more hackers/douchebags on the internet now than there were then.