The NYPD, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco and Washington Calls on Americans to Stay Calm.
A massive spam campaign with bomb threats has scared people and prompted evacuations in buildings throughout the day..
The source of all the problems is a spam campaign that was sent to millions of email mailboxes, mainly in the U.S.. UU.
The emails had different subject lines and different text variations, But they all carried the same threat.. The extortionists threatened to blow up the workplace or building unless the person paid the equivalent of 20.000 dollars in Bitcoins to a specific address.
Emails are obviously fake. Since May there have been a number of email extortion campaigns that include different threats., but mostly use the classic scheme of “sextortion”.
While security researchers know that these types of emails are just fake threats, Most Americans don't, So panic can spread.
Throughout the day, bomb threats reported to U.S. authorities. UU. And local police were forced to evacuate buildings and send bomb squads to investigate..
Universities, schools, Media organizations, Courts and private companies reported receiving bomb threats. Public institutions were evacuated as a precaution, which interrupted the activity of municipalities throughout the country.
One of the highest-end venues that had to be evacuated was the Infinity Ward headquarters in Los Angeles., the company behind the Call of Duty series of games.
Local police and federal authorities have received countless phone calls throughout the day.. New York Authorities, Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas, Oklahoma City, San Francisco and Washington have turned to social media to tell users to ignore emails..
