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Infosys, Wipro Get Bomb Threats

 
Six tech companies with offices in Bangalore, India have received e-mailed bomb threats, according to IDG News Service . Among the threatened companies were Indian IT outsourcers Infosys (INFY) and Wipro (WIT) . The threat reportedly came from an e-mailer in Bangalore, according to police officials cited by IDG. The IDG piece noted that Indian IT companies and IT subsidiaries of multinational companies have been terrorist targets for some years now, but that there have been no actual attacks to date. (link)

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