Schools nationwide could be victim of bomb threat robocall

KTV11 ^ | 05/23/16 | KKTV11

[winoneforthegipper]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) Schools across the country might have fallen victim to robocall bomb threats Monday afternoon.

In southern Colorado, a bomb threat was called into several schools in a matter of minutes. Liberty Point Elementary in Pueblo West and The Colorado Springs School in Colorado Springs were both evacuated around noon.

There are reports of schools in Salt Lake City, Cheyenne, Wyo., and Madison, Wisc., who were also targets of bomb threats, that led to evacuation of its schools.

Sergeant Joel Kern of Colorado Springs police said it was investigating the possibility of the calls coming from a robocaller, a computerized autodialer that plays a pre-recorded message.

In the incident at the elementary school in Pueblo West, the sheriff's office said it has contacted the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force.

[winoneforthegipper]

FYI

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

School must have gotten out early this year for somebody.

[JudyinCanada]

Hmmm. Just heard there was a lock-down at a school in Buffalo, but it’s over.

[Rio]

desensitization?

[bgill]

homeschool

[Cboldt]

-- desensitization? --

Could be, or just "system overload," or just kids using available tools in more sophisticated and clever ways.

See Series of robo-call bomb threats sent out to schools across state - The Boston Globe - April 11, 2016

Ed Davis, the former Boston police commissioner, believes the threats could be coming from abroad. He said the perpetrators use computer programs that allow them to disguise their location, making them difficult to track. ...

Threats that targeted Rhode Island schools earlier this year probably came from Russia, authorities said.

[fella]

Burnie needs to reign in his supporters until the convention.

[dynachrome]

Ping (if not posted somewhere already)

[george76]

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