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 (.) <[email protected]> wrote: > So what ever happened to the threatener? Was he caught? > > > > *From:* NANOG <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Martin > Hannigan > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 20, 2021 11:44 PM > *To:* Omar Haider <[email protected]> > *Cc:* nanog <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [External] Re: Anyone else getting the 'spam' bomb threat? > > > > WARNING: This message originated outside of Ford Motor Company. Use > caution when opening attachments, clicking links, or responding. > > > > > > 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > I feel uncomfortable in this newsletter > > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 10:56 AM Martin Hannigan <[email protected]> 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 < > [email protected]> 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/[email protected]/msg67540.html > <https://clicktime.symantec.com/3P7mG6Lx8b2Qo7sjs1uqaSZ7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Ffrnog%40frnog.org%2Fmsg67540.html> > >
