{
  "id": "2024-03-13-clemson-university-suspicious-email-explosives-no-credible-threat",
  "slug": "clemson-university-suspicious-email-explosives-no-credible-threat-2024-03-13",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Clemson University",
    "shortName": "Clemson",
    "state": "SC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "CU Alert",
    "enrollment": 28000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-03-13",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "unfounded",
    "headline": "Suspicious email referencing explosives investigated; no credible threat found",
    "headlinePublic": "Suspicious email referencing explosives investigated; no credible threat found",
    "summary": "Clemson [CU Alerts](https://alerts.clemson.edu/2024/03/13/cupd-investigation-supports-no-credible-threat-regarding-suspicious-email/) published a community notice about this incident.",
    "outcome": "See alert text; investigation notes as stated by CUPD.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2024-03-13 (CU Alerts archive)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "This morning, the Clemson University Police Department (CUPD) was made aware of a message received on a University email account that referenced possible explosives.An immediate response and investigation were initiated and law enforcement has no information that supports a specific and credible threat at this time.\n\nCUPD reached out to the State Law Enforcement Division’s Fusion Center and investigators were advised that approximately 225 other institutions have received the same or similar email over several months.\n\nCUPD continues to take the appropriate steps to investigate any and all threats and reminds the community to report any suspicious communication to law enforcement immediately.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alerts.clemson.edu/2024/03/13/cupd-investigation-supports-no-credible-threat-regarding-suspicious-email/",
      "sourceDescription": "CU Alerts official archive",
      "annotations": [
        "Complete text from alerts.clemson.edu"
      ],
      "characterCount": 701
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official full text from [alerts.clemson.edu](https://alerts.clemson.edu/2024/03/13/cupd-investigation-supports-no-credible-threat-regarding-suspicious-email/).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official CU Alerts archive full-text recovery"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "CU Alerts",
      "url": "https://alerts.clemson.edu/2024/03/13/cupd-investigation-supports-no-credible-threat-regarding-suspicious-email/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "CU Alerts index",
      "url": "https://alerts.clemson.edu/",
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  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "clemson",
    "threat-of-violence"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}