Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was arraigned in front of a Texas judge and formally indicted with a malicious attempt to destroy a building with an explosive.

The US Department of Justice said Pendley was arrested after he tried to acquire C-4 plastic explosives from an undercover FBI employee in Fort Worth, Texas.  We are not sure that this was the best place to buy your explosives, but given the fact that Pendley thought he would blow up 70 percent of the Internet by taking down one data centre, we don't believe we are dealing with Moriarty here.

In January, Pendley's plans came to light after he used Signal, an encrypted communications app, to a third-party source about plans to blow up one of Amazon's Virginia-based data centres. The source alerted the FBI and introduced the suspect to the undercover agent on March 31.

Apparently, the motivation was because Amazon's data centre provided web servers to the FBI, CIA, and other federal agencies and hoped to bring down 'the oligarchy' currently in power in the United States.

Pendley could face up to 20 years in federal prison if he's found guilty and convicted. Fortunately for him, he is white and he didn't actually get away with it.