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Seth Aaron Pendley had it all planned out, according to the FBI. The alleged militia supporter had narrowed down to three targets, all Amazon data centers in Virginia. He had painted his Pontiac with a type of black paint he said could be easily peeled off and painted over to throw the cops off his trail. He made contact with a source who could sell him explosives. But according to the feds, the 28-year-old hit a problem before he could blow up the Amazon data centers: the person meant to sell ...

Man Arrested After Failed AWS Bomb Plot Phil Muncaster UK / EMEA News Reporter , Infosecurity Magazine A Wichita Falls man has been charged after allegedly planning to blow up an Amazon Web Services (AWS) datacenter in Virginia. Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, was arrested last Thursday after procuring what he thought was an explosive device from an undercover FBI officer in Fort Worth. He was charged with a malicious attempt to destroy a building with an explosive, after a concerned individual flagged...

BBC News Published image copyrightGetty Images US authorities have arrested a man who allegedly plotted to bomb an Amazon data centre, which he believed would "kill off about 70% of the internet". Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, was arrested after receiving a dud explosive device from an undercover FBI agent, and was charged with a malicious attempt to destroy a building with an explosive, He came to the FBIs attention after somebody reported his online posts. If convicted, Mr Pendley could face up t...

The man allegedly wanted to bomb an Amazon data centre to wipe out 70% of the online world.

Texas Man Charged With Planning to Bomb AWS Data Center Compliance Twitter Get Permission A 28-year-old Texas man is facing a federal charge after he allegedly tried to buy explosives from an undercover FBI agent to bomb an Amazon Web Services data center in Virginia, according to the Justice Department. Seth Aaron Pendley of Wichita Falls faces a felony charge of malicious attempt to destroy a building with an explosive. The charge carries a maximum 20-year federal prison term. The FBI arres...

Texas Man Charged With Planning To Blow Up Ashburn Data Center Patch 2 days ago Mark Hand © Shutterstock Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, of Wichita Falls was arrested Thursday after allegedly plotting to blow up an Amazon data center in Ashburn. ASHBURN, VA — A Texas man has been charged with plotting to blow up a data center in Ashburn in an attempt to "kill off about 70 percent" of the internet, according to the Department of Justice. Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, of Wichita Falls, T...

FBI arrests man for plan to kill 70% of Internet in AWS bomb attack By The FBI arrested a Texas man on Thursday for allegedly planning to "kill of about 70% of the internet" in a bomb attack targeting an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center on Smith Switch Road in Ashburn, Virginia. Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, was charged via criminal complaint on Friday morning for attempting to destroy a building using C-4 plastic explosives he tried to buy from an undercover FBI employee. The FBI got wind of t...

Texas man was plotting to blow up Amazon data center in Virginia, federal prosecutors say Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, said he wanted to disrupt internet services for most of the country. File photo.(Andy Jacobsohn / Staff Photographer) A Wichita Falls man accused of plotting to blow up an Amazon Web Services data center in Virginia was arrested Thursday. Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, spent months planning how he would disguise his car for the trip to and from Virginia, where he would detonate explosives...

Wichita Falls man charged with plotting to blow up data center Wichita Falls man charged with plotting to blow up data center By Jarred Burk | April 9, 2021 at 1:22 PM CDT - Updated April 9 at 8:03 PM WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) - A Wichita Falls man who allegedly plotted to blow up a data center in Virginia has been charged with attempting to destroy a building with an explosive. Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, was arrested on Thursday after allegedly attempting to obtain an explosive device from ...

The investigation started after a citizen contacted the FBI in early January about statements Pendley made on an extremist website, according to the complaint. Pendley said he was planning to “conduct a little experiment” that would “draw a lot of heat” and could be dangerous, the complaint said. Another user asked what he meant. “Death,” he wrote, the FBI said. “I’m not a dumbass suicide bomber but even if I only have a handful of fellow patriots standing beside me, I will happ...