Event 13

{
  "attack_type": "Bomb Threat",
  "category": "Sabotage",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Details provided by the State Police chief and supported by State Police Cybercrime Combating Administration's criminal investigation indicate this was a coordinated cyber threat campaign. Evidence includes direct police statements and operational responses.",
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "About 400 kindergartens in Latvia received threat emails on October 11, one day after around 300 schools had been targeted with similar threats. The emails were sent overnight, prompting immediate notification of the facilities, though authorities indicated there was no need for evacuations. The threats are currently under criminal investigation by the police.",
  "event_time_utc": "2023-10-13T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "About 400 kindergartens received similar threat emails during the night on Wednesday, October 11, as were already received by about 300 schools on Tuesday.",
    "The emails were mostly in Russian, came from different e-mail and IP addresses.",
    "Officials of the State Police Cybercrime Combating Administration have commenced criminal proceedings.",
    "About 400 Kindergartens received similar threat emails during the night on Wednesday, October 11.",
    "State Police (VP) immediately informed kindergartens that these were low-level threats and there was no need for evacuations.",
    "Officials ... have commenced criminal proceedings.",
    "the threat emails were in Russian, sent from different e-mail and IP addresses.",
    "Public police statement that 400 kindergartens and 300 schools received threat emails.",
    "Police assessed the threats as low-level, no evacuations required.",
    "Police Cybercrime division initiated criminal proceedings."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "About 400 kindergartens received similar threat emails during the night on Wednesday, October 11, as were already received by about 300 schools on Tuesday.",
    "State Police chief Armands Ruks told Latvian Television on Wednesday morning.",
    "Ruks said the State Police (VP) immediately informed kindergartens that these were low-level threats and there was no need for evacuations at the facilities.",
    "Officials of the State Police Cybercrime Combating Administration have commenced criminal proceedings.",
    "Emails were received around 1 at night.",
    "the emails were in Russian, sent from different e-mail and IP addresses.",
    "police chief said on kindergarten management under no circumstances to panic and to inform police on receiving threats.",
    "About 400 Kindergartens received similar threat emails during the night on Wednesday, October 11, as were already received by about 300 schools on Tuesday.",
    "Police chief Armands Ruks told Latvian Television on Wednesday morning.",
    "As previously established, the threat emails were in Russian, sent from different e-mail and IP addresses.",
    "About 400 kindergartens received similar threat emails during the night on Wednesday, October 11, as were already received by about 300 schools on Tuesday, State Police Chief Armands Ruks told Latvian Television on Wednesday morning.",
    "The emails were mainly in Russian, sent from different e-mail and IP addresses."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/11.10.2023-kindergartens-get-threat-e-mails-one-day-after-schools-in-latvia.a527287/"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Bomb Threat",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "About 400 kindergartens received similar threat emails during the night on Wednesday, October 11, as were already received by about 300 schools on Tuesday.",
            "The emails were mostly in Russian, came from different e-mail and IP addresses.",
            "Officials of the State Police Cybercrime Combating Administration have commenced criminal proceedings."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Kindergartens get threat e-mails one day after schools in Latvia",
  "location_text": "Latvia",
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  "notes": "400 Schools",
  "schema_version": "v1",
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  "sources": [
    "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/11.10.2023-kindergartens-get-threat-e-mails-one-day-after-schools-in-latvia.a527287/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Latvian kindergartens received threat emails overnight on October 11, following a wave of similar threats to schools the previous day. No evacuations required; police launched a criminal investigation.",
  "url": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/11.10.2023-kindergartens-get-threat-e-mails-one-day-after-schools-in-latvia.a527287/"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Bomb Threat",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LV",
  "Date": "13-Oct-23",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "400 Schools",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "LV Preschool School Bomb threats",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "400 Latvian preschools (kinderkartens) have received these bomb threats as well:",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/11.10.2023-kindergartens-get-threat-e-mails-one-day-after-schools-in-latvia.a527287/",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}