A recent swatting incident at the University of South Carolina, where reports of an active shooter on campus that turned out to be a hoax, was the work of "an online gore-seeking group," according to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson blames an online “gore-seeking group” for last month’s active shooter hoax at the University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus.

COLUMBIA — State Attorney General Alan Wilson is alleging the active shooter hoax at the University of South Carolina last month was manufactured by an online group with ties to a sprawling, ...

COLUMBIA — As students hunkered down and police swarmed the University of South Carolina’s library after a report of an active shooter Aug. 24, false information quickly spread online amongst panicked ...

Just days after the University of South Carolina was plunged into chaos by a false report of an active shooter, a new intelligence report points to a shadowy online group believed to be orchestrating ...

EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR. SOUTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL ALAN WILSON SAYS THAT THE RECENT SWATTING EVENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA WAS CAUSED BY AN ONLINE GROUP CALLED PURGATORY. NOW, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office now says an organization it identified as an “online teen crime group” was the source of a recent swatting incident at the ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. While students at the University of South Carolina were frantically running for cover ...

A recent swatting incident at the University of South Carolina, where reports of an active shooter on campus that turned out to be a hoax, was the work of “an online gore-seeking group,” according to ...