Two schools in TN gets hoax bomb threat; Police seeks to block 'proton mail'
Reports stated that the MEITy had made the communication to Proton mail letting them know about a possible blocking of the end-to-end encrypted mail service.
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CHENNAI: A private school in Gerugambakkam near Porur received a bomb threat for the second time in the past week via mail on Sunday night.
Following this, personnel of the BDDS (Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad) swept the premises and declared it a hoax, before the students started coming in.
Avadi City Police, under whose jurisdiction the school falls, did not confirm the source of the mail, a senior official in Tamil Nadu Police told DT Next that they have written to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITy) to block Proton mail (end-to-end encrypted mail service) after similar hoax bomb threats were made to 13 schools across Chennai a couple of weeks ago using Proton mail.
Sources said that Sunday's threat was made via Proton mail.
Reports stated that the MEITy had made the communication to Proton mail letting them know about a possible blocking of the end-to-end encrypted mail service.
Class XI and class XII exams, which were scheduled for the day, went as planned.
Police sources said that the same school had received an email threat last Friday too. Avadi City Police's Cyber Crime Wing is probing the case.
In February, Greater Chennai Police initiated investigations after 13 schools within city police limits received hoax bomb threats but struck a roadblock after they could not trace the sender.
According to sources, a school in Vadavalli, Coimbatore also received a bomb threat on Monday morning.
