An 18-year-old South Auckland man will appear in court tomorrow for after allegedly posting a video on YouTube in which he claimed explosives were hidden in Government buildings.
The man allegedly posted a video earlier this month that threatened the Government and suggested there were explosives hidden in official Government buildings.
The video also said that Government and media websites would be hacked.
The threats were allegedly part of a protest against the new Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act that came into effect earlier this month, police said.
The man faces charges of threats to harm to people/property, laid under the Crimes Act and will appear in Manukau District Court tomorrow.
Acting Detective Inspector Pete Jones of the Counties Manukau CIB said police took such threats very seriously.
Multiple areas of the police force worked together closely on the investigation, he said.
"Counties Manukau CIB and Wellington District were able to draw on the expertise of the National Cyber Crime Centre (NC3) and the Electronic Crime Laboratory to help us locate this individual.''
He said the investigation showed police could trace individuals who made serious threats on the internet.
