Bomb threats sent to thousands of schools across Europe this week came from a compromised email account at a Taiwanese university, the latest incident in a series of hoax threats that have targeted airports and newsrooms using messages sent from legitimate institutions.
Hijacked email accounts complicate investigations into European bomb hoaxes
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