[186177] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ransom DDoS attack - need help!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Corbe)
Thu Dec 3 10:40:35 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Daniel Corbe <dcorbe@hammerfiber.com>
In-Reply-To: <56605F30.4090203@foobar.org>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 10:39:10 -0500
To: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> On Dec 3, 2015, at 10:26 AM, Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> wrote:
>=20
> On 03/12/2015 08:15, halp us wrote:
>> a very well known group that has been in the news lately. Recently =
they've
>> threatened to carry out a major DDoS attack if they are not paid by a
>> deadline which is approaching. They've performed an attack of a =
smaller
>> magnitude to prove that they're serious.
>=20
> bear in mind that if you pay a ransom like this:
>=20
> 1. you're opening up a bank account for them to dip into whenever they =
feel
> they need more money.
Most of these types of service ransom deals are conducted via bitcoin. =
So I don=E2=80=99t see how this could be the case unless you mean to say =
that appeasing your attackers is a bad idea because they might just be =
emboldened enough to try and extort you again whenever the piggy bank is =
beginning to run dry.
