Authorities: Wave of hoax bomb threats made across US
Share
Tweet
December 14, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — A wave of bomb threats emailed Thursday to hundreds of schools, businesses and government buildings across the U.S. triggered searches, evacuations and fear — but there were no signs of explosives, and authorities said the scare appeared to be a crude extortion attempt.
Law enforcement agencies across the country dismissed the threats, saying they were meant to cause disruption and compel recipients into sending money and were not considered credible.
Some of the emails had the subject line: "Think Twice." They were sent from a spoofed email address. The sender claimed to have...
For access to this article please
sign in or
subscribe.
Reader Comments(0)