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Subject:    [ISN] Hackers threaten to take down websites of Hong Kong banks unless they pay bitcoin ransoms
From:       InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date:       2015-09-18 8:46:58
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1509180846470.12413 () infosecnews ! org
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http://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/1859117/hackers-threaten-take-down-websites-hong-kong-banks-unless-they-pay


By James Griffiths
scmp.com
18 September, 2015

Hackers have targeted banking institutions in Hong Kong with 
server-disabling attacks, threatening to take down their services unless 
they receive ransom payments, experts said on Thursday.

According to web security and performance firm Akamai, a group of 
cybercriminals known as DD4BC have been targeting websites in Asia and 
around the world with more than 100 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) 
attacks since at least September 2014.

The attackers then demanded payment in the untraceable cryptocurrency 
bitcoin to stop the DDoS attacks, which can take down servers and cost 
businesses thousands of dollars per hour to fight against.

"DD4BC has been using the threat of DDoS attacks to secure bitcoin 
payments from its victims for protection against future attacks," said 
Akamai senior vice president Stuart Scholly.

"The latest attacks – focused primarily on the financial service industry 
– involved new strategies and tactics intended to harass, extort and 
ultimately embarass the victim publicly."

[...]



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