The cybercrime police in Chennai have experienced difficulties in tracking down more than thirty fake bomb threat emails since Microsoft is not providing essential details such as the sender’s email address and mobile number. The prankster seems to know a lot about politicians and bureaucrats in Tamil Nadu. He used disappearing emails and claimed the identities of well-known people. The tech company is still indifferent, even after formal letters are sent to Microsoft and Interpol is contacted. A threat recently targeted the flight of Chief Minister M. K. Stalin to San Francisco. The innovative methods used point to a familiarity with technology suspect.
In a blow to the Chennai cybercrime police investigating over thirty fake bomb letters sent to universities, schools, and airports, Microsoft has declined to provide important information, including the email address and phone number of the sender.
The most recent threat mail arrived just after Chief Minister M.K. Stalin took a flight to San Francisco a few days prior.
According to a cybercrime officer, the prankster used different email addresses under the names of important figures in politics and bureaucracy, including DGP Shankar Jiwal, his family, and the minister of sports, Udhayanidhi Stalin.
An investigator stated that the prankster also knew the private information of some police employees. “The suspect is certainly from Tamil Nadu, as he knew the details of the bureaucrats and politicians,” the official added.
According to a different cybercrime officer, “The prankster used disappearing emails to some recipients.” This displays the prankster’s skill with computer coding and other advanced technologies.
Cybercrime officials reached a dead end after analyzing the suspect’s URL. The cop continued, “We sent repeated official emails to the Microsoft office based in the US asking them to share the alternative email ID and mobile number given by the prankster while registering his account with Microsoft.”
Cybercrime investigators contacted Interpol and legally lettered Microsoft to request information, but the computer company declined to provide it. However, Microsoft representatives declined once more. “Instead, they shared some other details that we had already collected during our investigation,” the cop stated.
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