Several synagogues across the United States were targeted with fake bomb threats around New Year’s day in order to extort congregations for ransoms to be paid through cryptocurrency addresses, according to information drawn from synagogues, Jewish community organizations, law enforcement, and local media. At least six synagogues were targeted in similar incidents that according to Israeli crypto transaction monitoring company Nominis were similar to bomb threat hoaxes in 2018. One email sent to a synagogue obtained by Nominis detailed how the sender claimed to have hidden an explosive device outside “your knullle institution.” It was constructed meticulously and is small and hidden very well.
It will not cause much damage to the structure of your building but I suspect you will have some victims when it goes off. For when one of you dumb knulles touches the device and triggers its detonation: This attack is in resistance to the ongoing Israeli genocide and occupation of innocent people and their rightful land,” read the email shared by Nominis, which further offered to retrieve the bomb if payment was sent to a Bitcoin address. I am still nearby in my van. Do not have police pigs waiting for me. I stand ready to martyr myself. Fox 4 Now reported that the message requested payment to a Bitcoin account, and ABC 7 reported framing used similar to that of the email obtained by Nominis. Nominis said that the framing and Bitcoin wallet used in the email it obtained were associated with a series of bomb threat emails made in 2018.
“My recruited person is controlling the situation around the building. If he notices any strange activity or policemen the device will be blown up. I want to propose nullsicnull you a deal. $20,000 is the value for your safety. Pay it to me in BTC and I assure that I have to withdraw my recruited person and the bomb will not explode.” Nominis assessed that the threat it had investigated appeared “to be part of a long‑running pattern of Bitcoin nullnullnull‑based hoax threats targeting public and religious institutions in the United States.” The reuse of a Bitcoin wallet previously associated with bomb‑threat emails, combined with the near‑identical formatting and language documented in earlier cases, strongly suggests a copycat attack rather than a credible explosive threat.
Several synagogues across the United States were targeted with fake bomb threats around New Year’s, aiming to extort congregations by demanding payments through cryptocurrency addresses. The reports, drawn from synagogue sources, Jewish community organizations, law enforcement, and local media, describe multiple incidents of similar hoaxes. Nominis, an Israeli crypto-transaction monitoring firm, linked the communications and Bitcoin wallets to a broader pattern of bomb-threat campaigns against public and religious institutions, dating back to 2018. The messages allegedly threatened device detonation and offered a Bitcoin payment as a condition for safety, with investigators noting reused language and wallet details consistent with prior cases.
The events are viewed as copycat extortion attempts rather than credible threats, highlighting how cryptocurrency is leveraged in criminal schemes. Authorities emphasize the ongoing risk of crypto-based hoaxes and the importance of vigilant threat assessment by institutions and communities.
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