Re: Large DDoS, small extortion

[Roland Dobbins <rdobbins () arbor net>]

On May 22, 2014, at 10:23 PM, Livingood, Jason <Jason_Livingood () cable comcast com> wrote:

>  He actually said negotiation is always useful and sometimes paying a ransom demand can serve as a method to track 
> where the money goes, to identify all the actors involved for later action (which may apply in this case).

Bad advice for online stuff, as a) it's very, very rare that the perpetrators are caught, and b) word will get around 
that you're an easy mark - so, more attacks, more (and more expensive) extortion.

*Never* pay extortion money to a DDoSer.

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