Frontier Airlines flight and Ontario airport terminal evacuated after Call of Duty call is mistaken for bomb threat
A Frontier Airlines flight was evacuated at Ontario International Airport in California on Sunday night after a passenger overheard words that were taken as a possible bomb threat. The words were 'bomb' and 'explosion', said during a FaceTime call while a man took part in an online match of Call of Duty (olhardigital.com.br). Police detained a man, and the aircraft and the east wing of Terminal 2 were evacuated. A sweep of the plane found no explosives, police said no crime had been committed, and passengers were allowed to reboard (olhardigital.com.br). This is a physical security false alarm with no vulnerability, malware, or threat actor involved. For defenders, the only takeaway is that in-game audio and voice chat can trigger real airport procedures.
Relatos divergentes
- The article says the detained man was the one playing Call of Duty while talking to a friend on FaceTime, and it does not mention any backpack (olhardigital.com.br).
- A search excerpt from thedailybeast.com attributes to a police spokesperson that the detained man had a backpack and no other luggage, and says the friend, not the man, was playing and had just been eliminated by an in-game C4 explosion (thedailybeast.com). The Daily Beast account names the Ontario Police Department as its source, which makes it the more specific version, but the police release itself was not opened and is not verified.
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Frontier Airlines flight and Ontario airport terminal evacuated after Call of Duty call is mistaken for bomb threat
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A Frontier Airlines flight was evacuated at Ontario International Airport in California on Sunday night after a passenger overheard words that were taken as a possible bomb threat. The words were 'bomb' and 'explosion', said during a FaceTime call while a man took part in an online match of Call of Duty (olhardigital.com.br). Police detained a man, and the aircraft and the east wing of Terminal 2 were evacuated. A sweep of the plane found no explosives, police said no crime had been committed, and passengers were allowed to reboard (olhardigital.com.br). This is a physical security false alarm with no vulnerability, malware, or threat actor involved. For defenders, the only takeaway is that in-game audio and voice chat can trigger real airport procedures.
Conflicting Reports
- The article says the detained man was the one playing Call of Duty while talking to a friend on FaceTime, and it does not mention any backpack (olhardigital.com.br).
- A search excerpt from thedailybeast.com attributes to a police spokesperson that the detained man had a backpack and no other luggage, and says the friend, not the man, was playing and had just been eliminated by an in-game C4 explosion (thedailybeast.com). The Daily Beast account names the Ontario Police Department as its source, which makes it the more specific version, but the police release itself was not opened and is not verified.