Tag: Denial of service attack
Two Arrested in London for DDoS Extortion Threats
August 14, 2013
From Infosecurity Magazine – Following what the Greater Manchester police described as their largest ever cybercrime investigation, two polish men were arrested at a Heathrow hotel on suspicion of blackmailing a Manchester-based internet company with threats of a DDoS attack. Details are sparse, but it would appear that the criminals first demonstrated their capability with a DDoS attack and then threatened to repeat the process unless paid off. It would seem that rather than quietly pay up, the unnamed multimillion pound company reported the matter to the police. “This investigation centers on an allegation that the online company was blackmailed….