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Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and his children were targeted by a swatting attack involving a fake child services call. Police responded and found no emergency, but the incident raises concerns about harassment of officials.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and his children were targets of a swatting attack, where someone made a false report to child protective services to send police to his home. Officers responded and quickly determined there was no emergency. Swatting is a harassment tactic that's increasingly used against public figures, and it carries real danger—it can escalate into violence. The targeting of Buttigieg's children specifically suggests this was meant to intimidate as much as disrupt.
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