Anyone else getting the 'spam' bomb threat?

Tue Oct 19 12:35:13 UTC 2021

We received 2, and I heard from other operators that they had received it as well. This is the second or third "threat" in a matter of a couple of weeks. Seems like someone scraped some information from somewhere.

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From: Travis Garrison <tgarrison at netviscom.com>
Sent: 10/19/21 8:32 AM
To: Matt Hoppes <mattlists at rivervalleyinternet.net>
Cc: "Nanog at nanog.org" <Nanog at nanog.org>
Subject: RE: Anyone else getting the 'spam' bomb threat?

Yup, same here

Travis
From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+tgarrison=netviscom.com at nanog.org> On Behalf Of Shawn L via NANOG
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 7:25 AM
To: Matt Hoppes <mattlists at rivervalleyinternet.net>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog at nanog.org>
Subject: RE: Anyone else getting the 'spam' bomb threat?

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we received it as well

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From: "Matt Hoppes" <mattlists at rivervalleyinternet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 8:21am
To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog at nanog.org>
Subject: Anyone else getting the 'spam' bomb threat?
I've now heard from several operators - our selves included - about 
getting an e-mail bomb threat to our datacenters asking for $5,000 USD 
or the "bomb will be detonated".

Is this being seen on a wide spread e-mail blast to the RIR contacts, or 
am I just unlucky to know like 6 other data center folks who have also 
gotten this e-mail?

It seems like a very odd/bizarre spam/threat campaign which would 
carry significant jail time.
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