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Hoax Bomb Threats Target Hundreds of European Schools

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Classrooms join the growing list of targets of suspected hybrid warfare.

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  1. Independent Journal Review

    Bomb Threat Emails Prompt Alerts at European Schools (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    Threatening emails were sent to many schools in Northern Ireland and Ireland, prompting police inquiries and coordination with school authorities. Northern Ireland’s Education Authority said it knew of no evidence of a credible threat, and the messages resemble a previous hoax; schools were advised …

  2. France 24

  3. Local News 8

    Hundreds of schools evacuated in Italy following bomb threats via email (opens Local News 8)

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    By Stefano Pozzebon, Arina Porkhovnik, CNN Rome (CNN) — Hundreds of schools are being evacuated in Italy after bomb threats were sent via email, a spokesperson for the Italian police told CNN Wednesday.

  4. Financial Times

    Hundreds of schools across Italy, Scotland and Ireland receive bomb threats (opens Financial Times)

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    Incidents appeared to be latest co-ordinated attack aimed at disrupting life in Europe

  5. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Bomb threats prompt evacuation of Italian schools in suspected hoax as UK and Ireland also targeted (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Stefano Pozzebon, Arina Porkhovnik, Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of schools were evacuated in Italy on Wednesday after bomb threats were sent via email, police told CNN, becoming the latest in a series of threats and cyberattacks targeting infrastructure across Europe.

  6. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Some 300 Italian schools evacuated due to bomb threats (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Italian authorities evacuated around 300 schools on Wednesday after receiving a bomb threat via email

  7. BBC News

    Hundreds of Italian schools hit by threats in suspected bomb hoax (opens BBC News)

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    Emails containing the false warnings were sent to schools in Rome, Naples, Vicenza, Florence, Pisa, Trieste and other Italian cities, officials say.

  8. Newsweek

    Hundreds of Schools Across Europe Evacuated Over Bomb Threats (opens Newsweek)

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    Children across Italy, Ireland and the United Kingdom had to evacuate from their schools on Wednesday after bomb threats.

  9. Townhall

  10. Al Jazeera

    At least 300 schools evacuated in Italy after email bomb alerts (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Italian PM Meloni says there is no danger as UK and Northern Ireland authorities also report 'bogus' alerts.

  11. Deutsche Welle

    Italy: Hundreds of school evacuated after bomb threats (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Although the government believes the threat to be a hoax, it has nevertheless prompted concerns about "hybrid warfare" in Europe. Similar messages were sent in Northern Ireland, Ireland, and Bulgaria.

  12. Deutsche Welle

    Italy: Hundreds of schools evacuated after bomb threats (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Although the government believes the threat to be a hoax, it has nevertheless prompted concerns about "hybrid warfare" in Europe. Similar messages were sent in Northern Ireland, Ireland, and Bulgaria.

  13. CBS News

    Thousands of schools in Europe get hoax bomb threats (opens CBS News)

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    Less than a week after more than 20 European fights got fake bomb threats, hundreds of schools in Italy, the U.K. and Ireland were hit by similar hoaxes.

  14. Al-Monitor

    Hoax bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy, UK and Ireland in latest disruption (opens Al-Monitor)

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    By Alvise Armellini and Giuseppe Fonte ROME, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Schools across Italy were evacuated on Wednesday after around 6,300 of them received bomb warnings, the latest in a series of threats and cyberattacks around Europe againstsupermarkets, blood banks, air traffic and broadcasters.

  15. New York Post

    Italy evacuates over 300 schools after bomb threat — as Northern Ireland, Scotland also threatened (opens New York Post)

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    Italian authorities evacuated hundreds of schools Wednesday after an emailed bomb threat, the latest in a series of disruptions affecting European institutions.

  16. End Time Headlines

    Thousands of hoax bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy, U.K. and Ireland (opens End Time Headlines)

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    At least 300 Italian schools were evacuated Wednesday after identical bomb threat emails reached institutions across the country, Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara confirmed. According to a report from NBC News, the coordinated alerts arrived as European officials grapple with a widening pattern…

  17. Washington Examiner

    Italy evacuates hundreds of schools as Europe faces wave of bomb threats (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Hundreds of schools were evacuated in Italy over thousands of bomb threats, part of a larger wave of bomb threats wreaking havoc across Europe. After an investigation, no bombs were found in any of the cases in Italy and the rest of Europe.

  18. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Italy evacuates hundreds of schools due to bomb alert, with threats in Scotland and Ireland (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Italian authorities evacuated more than schools after an emailed bomb threat

  19. Latin Times

    Italy Evacuates Hundreds of Schools After Bomb Threat Wave. Pattern Points Somewhere Familiar — 'Mikhail Andropov' (opens Latin Times)

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    More than 300 Italian schools were evacuated after identical bomb threats, while similar emails targeted schools in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Authorities found no explosives and are investigating.

  20. WFMZ Allentown

    Italy's Meloni says cyberthreats are intended to spread fear after schools hit by bomb threat (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni says law enforcement found no concrete threat after thousands of school buildings were evacuated due to an emailed bomb threat. This is part of a series of disruptions affecting European institutions. Schools in Ireland, Scotland, and…

  21. France 24

    Schools evacuated across Italy after bomb threats (opens France 24)

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    Schools were evacuated across Italy on Wednesday following a series of hoax bomb threats, but Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said there was no "concrete danger". Similar hoax threats were reported in schools in Britain and Ireland, which reportedly prompted some evacuations in Scotland.

  22. Foreign Policy

    Hoax Bomb Threats Target Hundreds of European Schools (opens Foreign Policy)

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    Classrooms join the growing list of targets of suspected hybrid warfare.

  23. Breitbart News

    Mass Hoax Bomb Threat Hits Thousands of Italian Schools (opens Breitbart News)

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    Numerous schools across Italy were evacuated on Wednesday after some 6,300 education centers received a hoax bomb threat via email.

  24. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Hoax bomb warnings sent to schools in Italy (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    ROME — Schools across Italy were evacuated Wednesday after about 6,300 of them received bomb warnings, the latest in a series of threats and cyberattacks around Europe against supermarkets, blood banks, air traffic and broadcasters.

  25. Al Jazeera

    More than 1,800 Italian schools targeted by new hoax bomb alerts (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The latest warnings come amid rising concerns ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠in Europe about hybrid warfare threats.

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