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Could we maybe clear up the title (even though the original article gets it wrong too)? A threat about a bomb was never made by anyone. It was a suspicious pac
by mike_d 3y ago
Could we maybe clear up the title (even though the original article gets it wrong too)?
A threat about a bomb was never made by anyone. It was a suspicious package.
Here is the official statement: https://twitter.com/defcon/status/1690740778124115969 https://twitter.com/defcon/status/1690740778124115969
- fname 3y agoAllegedly owned by someone that attended the DEFCON Shoot event where gun powder was transferred to the package, tipping a dog doing a random search in the Forums.
- throwawaylinux 3y agoWho alleged that?
- asynchronous 3y agoGot a source? I was there and never heard that rumor.
- mike_d 3y agoThat would be wild. Bomb dogs usually are not trained to hit on ammunition since every officer on a scene is carrying some. Gunpowder is also a low explosive (meaning it burns at subsonic speed) which sucks for making things go boom.
- mlyle 3y ago> Gunpowder is also a low explosive Yes, but a lot of modern formulations are based around RDX chemistry or nitroguanidine, etc. So, a big portion of the "smell" is high explosive even if the overall formulation burns subsonic.