Claiming to bomb Seoul City Government Building on the Day of Liberation, South Korea is now threatening to bomb via email | police | report | intimidation | Japan | South Korea | email | Seoul
According to Yonhap News Agency citing South Korean police on the 14th, after confirmation by the Seoul Police Department's Cybercrime Investigation Team, multiple domestic media outlets in South Korea have received threatening emails stating that they will bomb the Seoul City Government Building on the 15th of the Korean Liberation Day.
According to reports, the sender stated that high-performance bombs have been installed in multiple locations inside the Seoul City Government building, with an explosion time of 3:34 pm on the 15th. The email mixed English, Japanese, and Korean, and was sent under the name of Japanese lawyer "Tang Zeguiyang". The email marked the address and contact information of the law firm to which it belongs. Tang Zeguiyang clarified on social media on the 9th that his name has been stolen.
According to the report, based on the characters, content, and form of sending in the threatening email, the sender of this email is the same as the sender who previously threatened to kill Lee Jae myung, the leader of South Korea's largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, and claimed to blow up multiple facilities such as Seoul's South Mountain Tower.
The report points out that the recent prevalence of phishing crimes in Japan involves the theft of lawyers and law firm emails. The South Korean police have requested assistance from the Japanese Metropolitan Police Agency in solving the case and have initiated criminal justice cooperation procedures.
According to the report, several government officials in Seoul received bomb threat emails earlier. The sender claimed that if Li Zaiming is not killed before 3:34 pm on the 9th, a time bomb set up in a library in Seoul will be detonated. On the 9th, a 112 alarm call was received, and someone sent an email claiming that it would destroy the National Central Museum, the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, the South Mountain Tower in Seoul, and local Japanese schools. The police found that the sender, recipient, and email IP address were all the same as the threatening email on the 7th.