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The country domain (.ru) of the email ID used to send hoax threats to over 250 schools in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Wednesday was also used for a similar email sent to a private school in the city last year and the suspect likely used a virtual private network (VPN) to shroud their identity, said officers involved in the investigation, stressing that tracking people under such circumstances can be tricky.o)..
Delhi Police officers also said they suspect a deeper conspiracy and registered a case of criminal conspiracy, anonymous communication and other charges under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Information Technology (IT) Act..
They reroute a users request to a website (like Google.com) or online service through a server located in a third country, replacing the users location and IP address from the service provider (Google.com in this case) with the VPN servers, making it harder if not impossible for law enforcement agencies to track down perpetrators of online crimes..
Of the two schools The Indian School in south Delhis Sadiq Nagar received the first hoax threat email on November 28, 2022 from jhonfoster@tutanota.com and the second on April 12 from jhonmaddison77@rambler.ru..
The company, in its response to the investigating team, which was received through Interpol, said it did not have any stock data on the email address because it was used free of charge and not as a paid account, said an officer involved in those investigations.The.
