Harvard Student Sends Bomb Threat and Leaves Sloppy Digital Trail

Last Monday Harvard sophomore Eldo Kim emailed a bomb threat to authorities at Harvard, including the Harvard University police department and the daily newspaper, The Crimson. His intent was to avoid a 9:00 a.m. exam, and while he certainly did, it was apparently very easy to track down the source of the emails once the immediate crisis was over.

Kim used a disposable email service called Guerilla Mail to send the threats. The site issued a statement about the misinformation surrounding its purpose.