Re: Ransom DDoS attack - need help!

[Josh Reynolds <josh () kyneticwifi com>]

None of those names you just mentioned have made the international news.
On Dec 3, 2015 8:59 AM, "Chris Baker" <cbaker () dyn com> wrote:

> Can you provide some additional details? Is it someone claiming
> association with a known group like DD4BC or the Armada Collective or
> unbranded?
>
> Cheers,
> CBaker
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Josh Reynolds <josh () kyneticwifi com>
> wrote:
>
> > Sounds like lizardSquad may be at it again
> > On Dec 3, 2015 8:53 AM, "halp us" <throwaway1958251 () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > I've been a NANOG member for many years but I'm emailing from an
> > anonymous
> > > account to reduce the chance of the attackers finding me.
> > >
> > > A company that shall remain anonymous has received a ransom DDoS note
> > from
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > Based on certain details that I can't reveal here, we believe the
> > magnitude
> > > of the upcoming attack may be in the several hundred Gbps.
> > >
> > > I would really appreciate help in a few areas (primarily with certain
> > > provider contacts/intros) so we can execute our strategy (which I can't
> > > reveal here for obvious reasons). If you email me off-list with a
> > > name/email that you've previously used on-list, I will reply from my
> > real
> > > email.
> > >
> > > Alternatively, if you can post your experiences on-list with large scale
> > > high profile ransom DDoS attacks, I'd really appreciate it!
> > >
> > > Thanks