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

[Neil Hanlon <neil () shrug pw>]

scammers and attackers aren't well known for their eloquent prose...

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.


On Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 14:11 Matt Hoppes <mattlists () rivervalleyinternet net>
wrote:

> 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 () meetinghouse net <mailto: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
> >
> >     --
> >     In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
> >     In practice, there is.  .... Yogi Berra
> >
> >     Theory is when you know everything but nothing works.
> >     Practice is when everything works but no one knows why.
> >     In our lab, theory and practice are combined:
> >     nothing works and no one knows why.  ... unknown