WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to plotting to blow up an Amazon data centre in Virginia, federal prosecutors said. Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, of Wichita Falls, entered his plea before a federal magistrate judge in Wichita Falls, according to a statement from acting U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah of the Northern District of Texas. According to his plea documents, Pendley admitted that he planned to blow up the servers at the Amazon data centre in Ashburn, Virginia, and revealed the plan last February on the Signal encrypted messaging app. He told a source who responded to his message that he hoped the attack would kill off 70 per cent of the internet.
A Texas man has pleaded guilty in federal court to plotting an attack on an Amazon data center in Virginia. Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, pleaded guilty to malicious attempt to destroy a building with an explosive, prosecutors said Wednesday.Authorities said that Pendley plotted to blow up an Amazon Web Services center in Ashburn, Va., about 30 miles outside of Washington, D.C.He was arrested in April in Fort Worth after he attempted to purchase.
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<strong>Israeli forces kill three</strong>
Three people were killed yesterday by Israeli special forces who were on an arrest mission in the northern West Bank, sources on both sides said. One of the Palestinians killed was suspected of having carried out a shooting attack against Israeli soldiers, an Israeli security official said. The other two were members of the Palestinian Authority security forces who witnessed the initial exchange of fire. An Israeli security official told reporters that special forces were in Jenin seeking “to arrest two terrorists who had carried out a shooting attack.” UNITED KINGDOM
<strong>Prince’s birthday marked</strong>
Queen Elizabeth II yesterday marked