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Teen swatting suspects arrested in Hungary and Romania

ID: 2555a392-5a16-5935-97d2-87482792f2ec

STIX ID: report--2555a392-5a16-5935-97d2-87482792f2ec

Feed Name: The Record from Recorded Future News

Threat Score
45/100

Date Published: 2026-01-28

Date Updated: 2026-05-01

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Hungarian and Romanian police arrested four young suspects suspected of coordinating swatting and doxing campaigns that involved obtaining victims’ personal details via Discord and making false emergency calls and bomb threats across Hungary, triggering repeated police responses; investigators seized devices and continue analysing data to clarify roles. The report also notes a separate Romanian investigation into an alleged assassins-for-hire online marketplace.

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