Spam Text Message Triggers Suicide Bomb In Russia
SPAM has saved lives in Russia. The Muslim suicide bomber looking to cause carnage in Moscow was carrying a device triggered by an incoming SMS message. Trouble is that the actual trigger was undone by an ealier message, something like “I’m on the train”, “What U wearing?” or “Meet Russian girls – just send reply text”.
The unnamed woman, who is thought to be part of the same group that struck Moscow’s Domodedovo airport on Monday, intended to detonate a suicide belt on a busy square near Red Square on New Year’s Eve in an attack that could have killed hundreds.
Security sources believe a spam message from her mobile phone operator wishing her a happy new year received just hours before the planned attack triggered her suicide belt, killing her but nobody else.
So. Spam saves lives. The war on terror can be won by texting 45WMD and signing up for exclusive service to receive one text message ever 45 minutes to remind you that Iraq has not bombed your granny’s house. (All proceeds got to Mr T. Blair. Lapel Poppy Inc. The Massive House, London.)
Posted: 28th, January 2011 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
