Schools across Italy, Ireland and UK receive hoax bomb threats | DW News

Investigators are trying to find out who is behind thousands of hoax bomb threats against schools, airplanes and broadcasters across Europe. On Wednesday, hundreds of Italian schools were evacuate, after threatening emails were sent to thousands of schools in Italy, Ireland and the UK. The emails came from a person or persons claiming to be "Mikhail Andropov," the leader of the "Vilayat of Misoginistan," an unknown group. Emails threatening European broadcasters last week bore the same signature, although investigators cannot yet say if they are from the same group. DW's David Levitz spoke with cybersecurity and counterterrorism expert Scott J. White, professor at George Washington University.

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