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FBI arrests man for plan to kill “70% of Internet” in AWS bomb attack

Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, was charged with attempting to bomb an Amazon data center in Ashburn, Virginia. He allegedly planned to bomb servers he believed were used by the FBI, CIA, and other US federal agencies. He also planned to take down the “oligarchy”” currently leading the U.S. He was arrested by FBI agents after a demonstration on how to arm and detonate C-4 plastic explosives he tried to buy from an undercover FBI employee. Amazon has thanked the FBI for their work in this investigation.”

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-arrests-man-for-plan-to-kill-70-percent-of-internet-in-aws-bomb-attack/

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