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Far-Right Extremist Planned to Blow Up Amazon Data Center, Feds Allege

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe FBI arrested a Texas man who allegedly plotted to blow up an Amazon data center in an attempt to “kill… about 70% of the internet” and bring down “the oligarchy” in power in the U.S.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 Justice Department.

According to DOJ officials, Pendley allegedly boasted of participating in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack and wanted to bomb the AWS center because he believed it provided services to the FBI, CIA and other federal agencies.

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