The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) says through international partnership, it has begun tracing the source of the e-mail which sent bomb threats to over 50 primary and secondary schools across the country last Friday.
According to a media release on Thursday, the TTPS said it has identified that the server used is based in Germany and the ‘resolve host’ of the email is situated in Cyprus.
“Additionally, two Virtual Private Networks (VPN), located in Switzerland and Panama were used to further mask the identity of the origin of the email.”
The TTPS under the supervision of DCP Intelligence and Investigation Curt Simon, the Cyber Unit as well as the RAU made an assessment of the situation, and concluded that the threats could be classified as a cyber ‘hoax”.
The TTPS also says investigations indicate that the email came from an anonymous mail service provider. “Locating the anonymous email service provider is key to this investigation. However, this is a complex process and the anonymous email and anonymous email server can remain hidden by utilizing a number of Dark web tools,” the TTPS said.
The TTPS says it will continue to partner with international/cross border cyber experts who will work alongside our local experts and telecom providers as it intensifies efforts to identify the source of the email threats.