A bomb blast near an IT establishment in Bangalore would possibly have huge repercussions. Bomb hoaxes, too, at least to an extent, achieve what the software community says it doesn't need: scare mongering. The recent incidents at Wipro and Infosys assumed more significance than it should have in the wake of an uncovered terrorist plot to target software firms in Bangalore. So, all threats and messages, even over the phone, have to be taken seriously. Thus, we saw the Bangalore Police evacuate close to 200 employees from Wipro's MG Road office on March 9 for a thorough search. The threat turned out to be internal; an employee made the hoax call, citing to test the preparedness of the police as the reason. Infosys received a similar hoax call on March 14, again leading to evacuation and searches.
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