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Re: [External] Re: Anyone else getting the 'spam' bomb threat?


From: Martin Hannigan <hannigan () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:43:46 -0400

Hi Becki,

For me, it's not credible enough to put resources into pursuing it. Beyond
that any benefits as a result of tracking it down would probably be less
than zero. I posted the contents and headers in pastebin so if it had value
to anyone else they'd be able to take advantage of it.

Warm regards,

-M<


On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 9:24 AM Kain, Becki (.) <bkain1 () ford com> wrote:

So what ever happened to the threatener?  Was he caught?



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Hi Omar,



This is likely a hoax. Probably a “joe job” - making it appear as someone
innocent is responsible. Its good to share this info to raise  network
operators awareness since even if it is fake its concerning how many
received it.



I’ll leave it to the pros here to tell us if we shouldn’t worry.



Warm regards,



-M<







On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 21:18 Omar Haider <mrhdr405 () gmail com> wrote:

I feel uncomfortable in this newsletter



On Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 10:56 AM Martin Hannigan <hannigan () gmail com> wrote:





I put what we received up on pastebin entirely with headers (and redacted
our info).



https://pastebin.com/kLjPm8Nk
<https://clicktime.symantec.com/35Wa5BUMZ7c8nUrobeoNvR67Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpastebin.com%2FkLjPm8Nk>



Warm regards,



-M<







On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 9:19 AM Radu-Adrian Feurdean <
nanog () radu-adrian feurdean net> wrote:

On Tue, Oct 19, 2021, at 16:00, Hunter Fuller via NANOG wrote:
We have a distinct abuse address (not just abuse@) and that is where
the messages were sent.

We didn't receive the bomb threat ones. We only received the (somewhat
more amusing) messages entitled "Your network has been PWNED" and
"Fuck you".

Hi,

We got the same here at France-IX. It was on friday 15th. Hopefully, they
"PWNED" all our Cisco and Mikrotik routers (of which we have none).

The situation loses its humor entirely with the introduction of bomb
threats. Seems like a script kiddie taking things way too far.

I heard that yesterday (19th) evening there was law enforcement deployment
and evacuation in the area of a major Paris (FR, EU) telco hotel,
apparently due to "threats to a business in the area". Details (popcorn) on
FrNOG (in french) :
https://www.mail-archive.com/frnog () frnog org/msg67540.html
<https://clicktime.symantec.com/3P7mG6Lx8b2Qo7sjs1uqaSZ7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Ffrnog%40frnog.org%2Fmsg67540.html>



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