Anyone else getting the 'spam' bomb threat?

Tue Oct 19 18:09:27 UTC 2021

Honestly, for how 'spammy' that e-mail looked it's hard to believe 
anyone took it seriously - but also, you never know.

On 10/19/21 12:51 PM, Jon Sands wrote:
> The kid sending these (if it is Bytefend, who has a history/tweets of 
> bragging about attacking Frantech within the past month if I understand 
> correctly) is going to be looking at serious jail time given the amount 
> of evacuations he's caused already. A brief list:
> 
> https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/police-clear-downtown-columbus-building-after-bomb-threat-10-19-2021
> 
> https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/10/19/miami-att-call-center-evacuated-bomb-threat/
> 
> https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/franklin-county/greenfield-police-and-fire-investigate-bomb-threat-at-gcet/amp/
> 
> https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/rockford-university-evacuated-due-to-bomb-threat/amp/
> 
> https://globalnews.ca/news/8274492/bomb-threats-kitchener-waterloo/amp/
> 
> https://amp.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article255116937.html
> 
> https://www.technicianonline.com/news/nc-state-receives-bomb-threat-university-police-close-section-of-hillsborough-st/article_2ceca39e-30ea-11ec-a068-47bacab4a0f0.html
> 
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 11:30 AM Miles Fidelman 
> <mfidelman at meetinghouse.net <mailto:mfidelman at meetinghouse.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Matt Hoppes wrote:
>      > 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.
> 
>     And now I REALLY want to get moving on a service to drop a drone on
>     spammers.  (Active Countermeasures!)
> 
>     Miles Fidelman
> 
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> 
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