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Facebook Headquarters At Silicon Valley Evacuated Following Bomb Threat
Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California which houses employees for both Facebook and Instagram, has been evacuated over a bomb scare after police received an anonymous phone call alerting them about the threat.
A bomb threat prompted authorities on Tuesday to evacuate a building at the Silicon Valley headquarters of Facebook Inc (FB.O), police said, but gave the “all clear” after an hours-long search turned up no sign of a device.
The New York Police Department had received an anonymous tip about a bomb threat regarding Facebook’s campus in Menlo Park, California, and alerted local authorities at about 4:30 p.m., a spokeswoman for the Menlo Park police said.
Police activity in the 200 block of Jefferson Drive/Constitution Drive in Menlo Park due to a bomb threat. Avoid the area. https://t.co/9LgfA9ulgR
— Menlo Park PD (@MenloParkPD) December 12, 2018
“The San Mateo County bomb unit was dispatched with explosive detection dogs that conducted a sweep of the building and found no suspicious packages or devices,” they said. “The building is all clear and secure.”
Menlo Park police spokeswoman Nicole Acker had said the evacuation was confined to a three-story facility on campus that was not the headquarters building, but a company spokesman said by email that “a few” buildings on the site had been evacuated.
Update to bomb threat at 200 Jefferson Drive: The building has been evacuated and the bomb unit is on scene. https://t.co/a8FwUhkwFz
— Menlo Park PD (@MenloParkPD) December 12, 2018
“We take the safety and security of our people at Facebook extremely seriously and are glad that everyone is safe,” said spokeswoman Genevieve Grdina, adding that the firm had taken swift action to evacuate several buildings.
“We are working closely with local authorities to investigate this threat and further monitor the situation.”
Police respond to bomb threat; No suspicious package or device found https://t.co/uxIxHYbmyX
— Menlo Park PD (@MenloParkPD) December 12, 2018
Another Silicon Valley company to face a security threat in the recent past was YouTube. In April, a woman opened fire at its headquarters in San Francisco, wounding three people before she shot herself dead.
Source: Reuters
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