<div dir="auto"><div>scammers and attackers aren't well known for their eloquent prose...<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As soon as you decide to not take one thing seriously, how do you draw the line? three spelling mistakes and the wrong tense of a verb means its fake? I'd rather not play chicken with peoples' lives. </div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 14:11 Matt Hoppes <<a href="mailto:mattlists@rivervalleyinternet.net">mattlists@rivervalleyinternet.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Honestly, for how 'spammy' that e-mail looked it's hard to believe <br>
anyone took it seriously - but also, you never know.<br>
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On 10/19/21 12:51 PM, Jon Sands wrote:<br>
> The kid sending these (if it is Bytefend, who has a history/tweets of <br>
> bragging about attacking Frantech within the past month if I understand <br>
> correctly) is going to be looking at serious jail time given the amount <br>
> of evacuations he's caused already. A brief list:<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/police-clear-downtown-columbus-building-after-bomb-threat-10-19-2021" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/police-clear-downtown-columbus-building-after-bomb-threat-10-19-2021</a><br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/10/19/miami-att-call-center-evacuated-bomb-threat/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/10/19/miami-att-call-center-evacuated-bomb-threat/</a><br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/franklin-county/greenfield-police-and-fire-investigate-bomb-threat-at-gcet/amp/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/franklin-county/greenfield-police-and-fire-investigate-bomb-threat-at-gcet/amp/</a><br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/rockford-university-evacuated-due-to-bomb-threat/amp/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/rockford-university-evacuated-due-to-bomb-threat/amp/</a><br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/8274492/bomb-threats-kitchener-waterloo/amp/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://globalnews.ca/news/8274492/bomb-threats-kitchener-waterloo/amp/</a><br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://amp.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article255116937.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://amp.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article255116937.html</a><br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://www.technicianonline.com/news/nc-state-receives-bomb-threat-university-police-close-section-of-hillsborough-st/article_2ceca39e-30ea-11ec-a068-47bacab4a0f0.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.technicianonline.com/news/nc-state-receives-bomb-threat-university-police-close-section-of-hillsborough-st/article_2ceca39e-30ea-11ec-a068-47bacab4a0f0.html</a><br>
> <br>
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 11:30 AM Miles Fidelman <br>
> <<a href="mailto:mfidelman@meetinghouse.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mfidelman@meetinghouse.net</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mfidelman@meetinghouse.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mfidelman@meetinghouse.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Matt Hoppes wrote:<br>
> > I've now heard from several operators - our selves included - about<br>
> > getting an e-mail bomb threat to our datacenters asking for<br>
> $5,000 USD<br>
> > or the "bomb will be detonated".<br>
> ><br>
> > Is this being seen on a wide spread e-mail blast to the RIR<br>
> contacts,<br>
> > or am I just unlucky to know like 6 other data center folks who have<br>
> > also gotten this e-mail?<br>
> ><br>
> > It seems like a very odd/bizarre spam/threat campaign which would<br>
> > carry significant jail time.<br>
> <br>
> And now I REALLY want to get moving on a service to drop a drone on<br>
> spammers. (Active Countermeasures!)<br>
> <br>
> Miles Fidelman<br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.<br>
> In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra<br>
> <br>
> Theory is when you know everything but nothing works.<br>
> Practice is when everything works but no one knows why.<br>
> In our lab, theory and practice are combined:<br>
> nothing works and no one knows why. ... unknown<br>
> <br>
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