U.S. Authorities Arrest Longtime DDoS Extortionist
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have become the new norm among cybercriminals lately. Many people have looked to these attacks to punish any online service they don’t like …
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International Task Force Takes Down Bitcoin DDoS Extortion Group DD4BC
January 13, 2016
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A international task force of law enforcement agencies with the assistance of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre and the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce, executed arrest warrants against key members of …
Bitcoin Businesses Targeted in Wave of DDoS Extortion Attacks
November 25, 2015
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A blistering wave of DDoS attacks has been sweeping across digital currency space in November. Kraken, a bitcoin exchange based in San Francisco, was under heavy DDoS attack yesterday, …