FBI: Far-right extremist planned to blow up Amazon datacentre

A file photo the Amazon logo at the 855,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York City. In late January, Pendley began using encrypted messaging app Signal to communicate with another confidential FBI source, according to the DOJ. The source told FBI investigators that Pendley allegedly said he planned to use C-4 plastic explosives to blow up AWS’s Virginia facility. — AFP

LOS ANGELES: The FBI arrested a Texas man who allegedly plotted to blow up an Amazon datacentre in an attempt to “kill... about 70% of the Internet” and bring down “the oligarchy” in power in the US.

Seth Aaron Pendley, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was apprehended Thursday after allegedly attempting to obtain an explosive device from an undercover FBI agent in Fort Worth – with the intent to destroy an Amazon Web Services facility in Virginia, according to the US Justice Department. According to DOJ officials, Pendley allegedly boasted of participating in the Jan 6 US Capitol attack and wanted to bomb the AWS center because he believed it provided services to the FBI, CIA and other federal agencies.