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 <[email protected]> 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 > >
