None of those names you just mentioned have made the international news. On Dec 3, 2015 8:59 AM, "Chris Baker" <cba...@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 <j...@kyneticwifi.com> > wrote: > >> Sounds like lizardSquad may be at it again >> On Dec 3, 2015 8:53 AM, "halp us" <throwaway1958...@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 >> > >> > >
