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Teenager Arrested Over Mass Faculty Bomb Hoax Following a massive bomb hoax that shut down hundreds of colleges and schools across the UK, an alleged teenager at the heart of an Minecraft gamers' feud was detained. The 19-year-old was detained by Hertfordshire police after some 24,000 threatening emails were sent to schools warning of an impending bomb attack if cash wasn't handed over. These emails appeared to be sent by VeltPvP which is a gaming network. VeltPvP, an online Minecraft player against-player server, is the same service that businesses use to market their products to gamers. After a mass hoax bombing shut down schools in hundreds across the UK A teenager believed to be at the center of the Minecraft gamers' dispute was detained by police from Hertfordshire. Pirateportal The 19-year-old was detained by Hertfordshire police after 24,000 emails were sent to schools warning them of an imminent attack These emails were sent to disable VeltPvP and were intended to cause the abuse of the domain to be suspended. The National Crime Agency (NCA) declared that there was 'no credible threat to the emails' that were received this week. Now two MORE Beasts are on their way from the East They will bring... Advertisers warn Facebook "enough is enough" as they... In a statement, they said that they understood teachers' and parents' concerns but stress there was no threat of serious consequence to the emails schools received. However, we are taking the communications extremely seriously. We are unable to comment further since this is an ongoing investigation. In the aftermath of the hoax bomb emails, signs were placed outside Cardinal Road School in Feltham Those involved in the feud claimed opponents had engaged in illegal activities to hinder one another's business. Pirateportal "It's awful and it's not the most pleasant thing,' one of hoaxers involved stated when asked if they regretted the effect the letters had had on school children forced to evacuated. The blame is being placed on VeltPvP the hoaxer claimed the network had enaged in a series of Direct Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, which he claims were used to attempt to stop other rival Minecraft servers. Parents were asked to collect their children after the threat of a bomb hoax email VeltPvP issued a statement stating that they were being hounded and harassed by cybercriminals. "We are deeply sorry for those who were affected by this, but we want to let you know that this is not real." The email was sent to more than 400 schools and colleges across the country. It claimed that an explosive had been planted and would explode if the money wasn't given. Cardinal Road School in Feltham west of London, was among the schools who received the hoax email Police forces from London, Bristol, Liverpool and Bedfordshire were among those who were questioned. Parents have requested to be allowed to pick up their children from school due concerns over the emails. Six schools in Hertfordshire were also affected: Abbots Hill, Valley School, Stevenage, The Sele School, Duncombe School, Stanborough School, Watford, St Albans High School, and Valley School.
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