Hacker News with Generative AI: Terrorism

2001 Anthrax Attacks (wikipedia.org)
The 2001 anthrax attacks, also known as Amerithrax (a portmanteau of "America" and "anthrax", from its FBI case name),[1] occurred in the United States over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Terrorism, History, Biology, United States

5 points by sandwichsphinx 4 days ago | 0 comments

Man Charged with Attempting to Use a WMD to Destroy Energy Facility in Nashville (justice.gov)

Terrorism, Law Enforcement, Energy, Nashville

3 points by hettygreen 14 days ago | 3 comments

Man arrested for attempting to destroy Nashville power site (justice.gov)
WASHINGTON – Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tennessee, was arrested by federal agents and charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy an energy facility.

Crime, Terrorism, Energy, Law Enforcement

15 points by geox 16 days ago | 19 comments

Germany: Manhunt after explosives left at Berlin station (dw.com)
German police are looking for a man who left a bag of explosives at Berlin's Neukölln train station.

Germany, Explosives, Terrorism, Law Enforcement, Crime

18 points by _tk_ 21 days ago | 2 comments

Tommy Robinson arrested under Terrorism Act for not unlocking phone (independent.co.uk)
Political activist Tommy Robinson will miss his own planned protest in central London on Saturday after he was remanded into custody by police.

Terrorism, Law Enforcement, Politics, United Kingdom

32 points by quazar 25 days ago | 36 comments

India's airline industry in chaos after 90 hoax bomb threats in a week (theguardian.com)
A reported 90 hoax bomb threats have been made against Indian airlines in the past week, provoking international travel chaos as planes were grounded, diverted and flown to safety by fighter jet escorts.

India, Aviation, Security, Terrorism, Hoaxes

70 points by cyberlimerence 31 days ago | 67 comments

EU: Definition of "potential terrorists" opens door to broad information-sharing (statewatch.org)
EU member states can now collect and share information on “potential terrorists”. This category is based on a new informal definition that was agreed with no democratic scrutiny. While claiming to target those who may engage in political violence, there is potential for far broader application.

EU, Privacy, Surveillance, Politics, Terrorism

155 points by croes 49 days ago | 250 comments

Nineteen railway stations affected by a cyber attack (bbc.co.uk)
The wi-fi has been hacked at 19 UK railway stations to display a message about terror attacks.

Cybersecurity, Transportation, UK, Hacking, Terrorism

12 points by matthewmorgan 56 days ago | 2 comments

How We Found Bin Laden: The Basics of Foreign Signals Intelligence (libsyn.com)
Osama bin Laden helped plan the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 which killed nearly 3,000 Americans. To find him, the U.S. government had to put its best people on the job. Along with their counterparts across multiple agencies, experts at the National Security Agency answered the call. NSA generated foreign signals intelligence to help find, and ultimately eliminate, the terrorist leader.

National Security, Terrorism, Intelligence, Government, History

77 points by gmays 62 days ago | 77 comments

Exploding pagers injure hundreds in attack targeting Hezbollah members (cnn.com)

Terrorism, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Middle East, Injuries

89 points by ath0 65 days ago | 4 comments

'The danger is definitely not over': ISIS is still here (ynetnews.com)
About 65,000 people were supposed to fill the Ernst-Happel Stadion in the Austrian capital on August 8 and fulfill a dream: to see Taylor Swift, the biggest pop star in the world.

Terrorism, ISIS, International News, Middle East

5 points by howard941 66 days ago | 0 comments

Saudi Officials May Have Deliberately Assisted 9/11 Hijackers: New Evidence (propublica.org)
From the start of U.S. investigations into the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the question of whether the Saudi government might have been involved has hovered over the case.

Politics, Terrorism, 9/11, Saudi Arabia, Investigations

13 points by howard941 71 days ago | 9 comments

Two US citizens charged for running online "Terrorgram Collective" (arstechnica.com)
The US government recently announced multiple charges against the alleged leaders of the "Terrorgram Collective," which does just what it sounds like—it promotes terrorism on the Telegram messaging platform.

Terrorism, Telegram, Law Enforcement, Social Media

5 points by LinuxBender 71 days ago | 0 comments

'Terrorgram' leaders arrested, charged (justice.gov)
The Justice Department announced today that Dallas Humber, 34, of Elk Grove, California, and Matthew Allison, 37, of Boise, Idaho — leaders of the Terrorgram Collective, a transnational terrorist group — were charged with a 15-count indictment for soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of federal officials, and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. Humber and Allison were arrested on Friday by law enforcement officials.

Terrorism, Law Enforcement, Crime, Justice System

15 points by anigbrowl 73 days ago | 0 comments

Telegram Became a Playground for Criminals, Extremists and Terrorists (nytimes.com)

Telegram, Crime, Extremism, Terrorism

8 points by aguaviva 75 days ago | 3 comments

Potential terrorists can be identified from social media posts (phys.org)

Terrorism, Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Security

17 points by PaulHoule 97 days ago | 24 comments

Defense secretary revokes plea deal with accused 9/11 plotters (npr.org)

Politics, Law, Terrorism, Military

8 points by jnord 110 days ago | 1 comments

Defense Secretary Revokes Plea Deal for Accused September 11 Plotters (nytimes.com)

Politics, Law, Terrorism, September 11th

5 points by cempaka 110 days ago | 1 comments

He Was an FBI Informant–and Inspired a Generation of Violent Extremists (wired.com)

FBI, Extremism, Terrorism, Law Enforcement, Information

5 points by Teever 111 days ago | 5 comments

Far-left extremists likely behind France rail sabotage, interior minister says (france24.com)