Juvenile faces charges in CU Boulder hoax shooting call

A juvenile is facing charges after swatting calls targeted the University of Colorado Boulder’s Norlin Library and other universities and institutions in August.

The U.S. attorney for eastern Pennsylvania announced in a news release Thursday that charges have been filed against the juvenile by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The juvenile self-identified as a member of a cybercriminal group called “Purgatory,” according to the release. They were not affiliated with any of the institutions that were targeted and chose them at random…

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