Spammed Bomb Threat Hoax Demands Bitcoin
Summary: A new email extortion scam threatened recipients at multiple U.S. financial institutions with a hidden Hexogen bomb unless $20,000 in Bitcoin was paid by the end of the business day, with the subject line "I advise you not to call the police." The Bitcoin address differed in each message forwarded to KrebsOnSecurity, and numerous school districts across the country closed schools early in response to the hoax.
Why it matters: Even a known hoax carries real cost: schools closed early and at least one bank treated the email as a credible threat, while Jason McNew of Stronghold Cyber Security noted that people will call police and law enforcement cannot ignore even a known hoax.
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