Many online business have learned how to deal with these threats. Just
recently Protonmail hit the news and found out the hard way whether to pay or
NOT. Have a quick read at the log of events for yourself.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/11/how-extorted-e-mail-provider-got-back-online-after-crippling-ddos-attack/
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From: Roland Dobbins <[email protected]>
Date: 12/3/2015 3:10 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: NANOG <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Ransom DDoS attack - need help!
On 3 Dec 2015, at 22:04, Josh Reynolds wrote:
> None of those names you just mentioned have made the international news.
Of course they have.
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Roland Dobbins <[email protected]>