The text of the emailed bomb threat that prompted the evacuation of the offices of major Irish media outlets in Dublin on Friday, November 6, has been revealed.
RTÉ, Virgin Media, Newstalk and the Irish Independent all received the emailed bomb threat, which has since been confirmed as a hoax.
Bulgaria’s Nova TV and British broadcaster Sky were also reportedly in receipt of similar threats on Friday.
A spokesperson for An Síochána told IrishCentral on Friday that the police force is aware of the threat, that it is liaising with the Irish media organizations, and that the threats will be investigated.
The Irish Independent shared footage from inside its Talbot Street offices as the evacuation got underway: View this post on Instagram Friday's hoax bomb threat emails have been condemned by the Irish outlets as well as Irish politicians.
The threats to the media groups come after multiple flights, including from Aer Lingus and Ryanair, were targeted in similar hoaxes across Europe throughout the week, including again on Friday.
And on Monday, a cyber attack shut down freezers in more than a dozen SuperValu locations in Ireland.
Threat to Irish media outlets "Hello.
I am one of the leaders of the group responsible for the bomb threats against airplanes in Europe over the past week.
"European authorities have once again shown that they are incompetent fools who are incapable of doing anything to stop us.
"We experimented with multithreading, and we succeeded in causing widespread panic, as well as forcing European authorities to spend a fortune on all these procedures.
"But this is only the beginning.
What happened this week is just a small part of what awaits Europe in the near future.
"Right now, we’re preparing a new wave of attacks.
Right now, we’re recruiting residents of your countries who are actively cooperating with us.
We’ve also gained access to compromised devices, servers, and accounts belonging to residents of Europe, as well as those outside its borders—which....
