Who is 'Purgatory'? The group behind the spate of active shooter hoaxes

A loosely affiliated cybercriminal group called “Purgatory” is responsible for a recent wave of fake active shooter threats targeting universities across the United States, according to a new intelligence report from the Center for Internet Security.

John Cohen, executive director of the program for countering hybrid threats at the Center for Internet Security and former acting undersecretary for intelligence at the Department of Homeland Security, said analysts determined most incidents were conducted by a single group based on tactics and technology used.

“Purgatory is a loosely affiliated group of individuals who engage in swatting, targeting schools, targeting other locations across the U.S.,” Cohen said. “Our analysts at the Center for Internet Security assessed that most of these events were being conducted by a single group, and that group was, in fact, Purgatory.”

The group has claimed responsibility for the attacks and often livestreams the calls to attract new members and additional business from foreign intelligence services, criminal organizations and terrorist groups.

“The direct reference to the library, we found that to be common across a big chunk of these calls. And secondly, the simulated gunfire in the background, that was something else we saw that was present in a number of calls. The callers used a specific commercial voiceover internet capability,” Cohen said.

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Pretty sure KashYAP and his FBI are busy chasing other rabbits now though