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Nov 11, 2026

Hoax bomb alerts sent to thousands of schools across Italy, UK and Ireland

Around 6,300 schools in Italy received bomb threat emails on Wednesday, prompting evacuation of over 300, while similar hoax alerts targeted schools in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. Authorities described the coordinated threats as the latest in a series of cyberattacks and disruptions targeting European institutions.

Nov 11, 2026·7 sources
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Top claims

  • ▪An Italian national security source noted that automated mass emailing was simple to execute because Italian public school email addresses are published online
  • ▪Police in Scotland and Northern Ireland investigated the origin of the mass hoax emails sent to schools on November 11, 2026
  • ▪Lithuanian intelligence services previously attributed an October 2023 campaign of false bomb threats against 1,500 schools and kindergartens in Lithuania to Russia

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Hybrid warfareCyber warfareEducationEuropean assessment of Russian hybrid-warfare threats

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