IC3 Issues Alert on DDoS Extortion Campaigns

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IC3 Issues Alert on DDoS Extortion Campaigns [ 
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2015/07/31/IC3-Issues-Alert-DDoS-Extortion-Campaigns ] 07/31/2015 09:59 
PM EDT 
Original release date: July 31, 2015

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued an alert to U.S. businesses about a rise in extortion campaigns. 
In a typical incident, a business receives an e-mail threatening a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack to its 
website unless it pays a ransom. Businesses are warned against communicating directly with attackers and advised to use 
DDoS mitigation techniques instead.

Users and administrators are encouraged to review the IC3 Alert [ http://www.ic3.gov/media/2015/150731.aspx ] for 
details and US-CERT Security Tip ST04-015 [ https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/ST04-015 ] for more information on DDoS 
attacks.

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