Delhi School Bomb Threat Emails Were Sent From Germany? Exclusive From Investigators
The origin of the bomb threat emails sent to Delhi schools on Wednesday, in the continuing series of such emails seen over the past year, has been traced to Germany, said investigators. However, they suspect the use of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) may have masked the actual location of the sender.
A senior official involved in the investigation told News18 that the IP address of Wednesday's emails indicates a German network, with the email account also linked to a Germany-based provider.
'It appears to be a network IP, possibly associated with a public place or network, though the exact location is still being verified," the official said. Similar indicators were found in threats sent to other schools as well.
At least five schools across the capital received fresh bomb threats today – Richmondd Global School (4.16 am), Dwarka (5.26 am), Vasant Kunj (6.30 am), Paschim Vihar (8.11 am), Hauz Khas (8.12 am).
The threatening message read: 'Good morning. Explosive devices are hidden inside backpacks and placed around the classrooms of the school. This is extremely serious. You will all pay for your sins."
The email also included a disturbing request to release certain withheld names to the media for publicity.
Cyber investigators believe that the email was sent using Tuta Mail (formaly Tutanota), a Germany-based encrypted email service which recently launched new encrypted protocal.
'Tuta Mail, which recently launched a post-quantum encryption protocol called TutaCrypt, was used to send these threats," said a senior government cyber investigator. 'Tuta is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted email platform with over 10 million users. The company is also working on secure, post-quantum cloud storage solutions for the German government."
Despite the technological barriers in tracing such messages, efforts are ongoing to identify the true source.
Bomb disposal squads, local police, and cyber forensics teams were immediately deployed to all affected schools. As of now, no explosives or suspicious materials have been found.
On Tuesday, St. Stephen's College and St. Thomas School had received similar threat emails, in the concerning trend of targeted hoaxes disrupting educational institutions across the city seen over the past year.
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