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UPDATEDx5: Survivor Series Arena Listed as Possible Target for ISIS — WWE, FBI Release Statements

November 21, 2015 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
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UPDATE x5: Triple H has posted the following updates on Twitter. He says that while there is no credible threat against the Survivor Series event, that security will be increased to ensure the safety of the fans in attendance…

– The WWE and Philips Arena has also sent out the following joint announcement…

STATEMENT FROM WWE AND PHILIPS ARENA

“Federal, state and local law enforcement authorities have confirmed there is no specific or credible information involving a threat against tomorrow’s WWE Survivor Series at Philips Arena.

However, WWE and Philips Arena have coordinated with the appropriate agencies and law enforcement, and significantly increased security measures to ensure the safety of all those in attendance, which is our highest priority.

Doors will open at 6 PM to help fans avoid any delays in entering the arena due to the additional precautionary security procedures put in place.

Fans are encouraged to take public transportation (MARTA) to the event and are advised that bags will not be permitted in the arena.”

UPDATE 4: Mark Winne has tweeted more updates about the ISIS/Survivor Series situation.

He also told a reader he would “probabky” still go if he was a fan with tickets. The feeling locally is that authorities are ahead of the event but aren’t ignoring it. He seems to suggest that there isn’t an active plot by ISIS for an attack, and the “potential target list” is to inspire “lone wolf” attackers.

UPDATE 3: Darren Young has advised WWE fans to keep an eye out for suspicious activity tomorrow at Survivor Series. He wrote on Twitter:

UPDATE 2: Triple H wrote the following on Twitter:

UPDATE:

– The WWE has released an official statement to PWInsider.com regarding the report of Survivor Series and the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia being a potential target of ISIS. WWE is moving forward with the event as planned while they investigate the issue with the proper authorities. You can check out their statement below:

“WWE Survivor Series is currently scheduled as planned while we investigate the matter with federal, state and local authorities.”

– The FBI has also issued their own statement, via Marke Winne’s Twitter account, on Anonymous listing Survivor Series as a target of the attack:

“While we take all threats seriously, we do not have specific or credible information of an attack at this time.”

ORIGINAL:

– According to a report by The International Business Times, the hacking collective known as Anonymous has allegedly uncovered information regarding planned attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Per the report, The Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, where the Survivor Series is being held on Sunday, is listed as one of the potential targets.

After the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, which ISIS claimed responsibility for, Anonymous declared a cyberwar on ISIS and released the following statement on disrupting the terrorist group: “The goal is to make sure the whole world, or at least the people going to these events, know that there have been threats and that there is possibility of an attack to happen. Another goal is to make sure Daesh knows that the world knows and cancels the attacks, which will disorientate them for a while.”

Anonymous is claiming that these other locations and events are being targeted by Isis:

* Cigales Electroniques with Vocodecks, RE-Play & Rawtor at Le Bizen (Paris)
* Concrete Invites Drumcode: Adam Beyer, Alan Fitzpatrick, Joel Mull at Concrete (Paris)
* Demonstration by Collectif du Droit des Femmes (Paris)
* Feast of Christ the King celebrations (Rome/Worldwide)
* Al-Jihad, One Day One Juz (Indonesia)
* Five Finger Death Punch (Milan)
* University Pastoral Day (Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon)

Anonymous claims that they passed along “proof” of this information and plans by ISIS to the MI5 in the UK, the CIA and FBI in the US, and the Australian government. However, Anonymous reportedly has no plans to release this proof to the public. According to a statement from the group: “If we share the proof [publicly], everyone will start calling it fake because screenshots can be edited and accounts can be deleted. We have purposely not shared account links publicly because they would be shut down immediately and then no one would believe the proof.”

To add to the story, an Atlanta-based TV reporter, Mark Winne, posted on his Twitter account on the situation. He claimed that FBI is taking the alleged threat against the WWE event very “seriously,” and they will be releasing a statement on the situation. You can check out his tweets on the subject below.

– WSB-TV 2 in Atlanta has also published a report on the news. The report confirms that FBI officials are taking the report of a potential threat by ISIS against the WWE event seriously. In addition the report adds that the Georgia Emergency Management Agency is working closely with the FBI in evaluating the threat. The director of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, Jim Butterworth, released the following statement to Mark Winne:

“His agency is working closely with the FBI, the Georgia information sharing and analysis center and others in evaluating the threat on a Sunday WWE event in Atlanta reported by the group Anonymous.”

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