‘Hoax threats,` ‘swattings` continue to rise, joining real threats as disturbing trend for Chicago-area students
(Chicago Tribune Religion News)

Between January 2023 and March 3, the FBI has received approximately 10 incident reports per month for school-centric threat, whether founded or unfounded. Swatting threats — so-named from the massive police and sometimes SWAT response they raise — ends up to be very costly, upwards in the six figures, experts say.