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Re: Anyone else getting the 'spam' bomb threat?


From: Jon Sands <fohdeesha () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 12:51:07 -0400

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 () 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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