FBI Nabs Mail Bomber on Dark Web
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 07/04/2017 11:49 AM
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Where do you go if you want to buy a bomb? You go to the dark web, of course.
Clinton Scott Bass, of Georgia, did just that. He knew he could find anything on the dark web from drug dealing, child exploitation and even arms trafficking. As to ways to kill off a victim, he could find explosives, a variety of chemicals and biological toxins such as arsenic.
What he didn't know was that the FBI had established its own site named Online Covert Employee. Because of all the illegal activity, the FBI uses different Network Investigative Techniques to keep an eye on the dark web.
When Bass first contacted the site, he ordered a car bomb that would detonate when the car door was opened and closed. A short time later, he changed his mind and requested a mail bomb that would detonate when the package was opened.
He explained that the target was “just a rat criminal,” […] “whose identity is known to the United States.”
Bass paid $550 for the bomb, and with a tracking device, it was delivered to the given address.
The cops tracked the package to his home and he was arrested the day he delivered the bomb to an address in Hahira, Georgia.
The FBI also sent a phishing email to Bass in order to “record, decode, and/or capture dialing, routing, addressing, and signaling information transmitted by the NIT authorized by the search warrant obtained in this case on April 4, 2017, including the date, time, and duration of the communication.”
He is awaiting trial in July.
Source: Bitdefender
Clinton Scott Bass, of Georgia, did just that. He knew he could find anything on the dark web from drug dealing, child exploitation and even arms trafficking. As to ways to kill off a victim, he could find explosives, a variety of chemicals and biological toxins such as arsenic. What he didn't know was that the FBI had established its own site named Online Covert Employee. Because of all the illegal activity, the FBI uses different Network Investigative Techniques to keep an eye on the dark web.
When Bass first contacted the site, he ordered a car bomb that would detonate when the car door was opened and closed. A short time later, he changed his mind and requested a mail bomb that would detonate when the package was opened.
He explained that the target was “just a rat criminal,” […] “whose identity is known to the United States.”
Bass paid $550 for the bomb, and with a tracking device, it was delivered to the given address.
The cops tracked the package to his home and he was arrested the day he delivered the bomb to an address in Hahira, Georgia.
The FBI also sent a phishing email to Bass in order to “record, decode, and/or capture dialing, routing, addressing, and signaling information transmitted by the NIT authorized by the search warrant obtained in this case on April 4, 2017, including the date, time, and duration of the communication.”
He is awaiting trial in July.
Source: Bitdefender
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