Lizard Squad Threatens DDoS Attacks; Asks for Ransom
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 05/04/2016 10:16 AM
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According to an alert issued by Action Fraud, a number of UK businesses have been hit by extortion demands from the Lizard Squad hacker group.
So far, at least 20 companies have been threatened with an attack and are demanding five bitcoins – just over £1,500 - or they will suffer a DDoS attack.
Lizard Squad has a habit of attacking companies and past attacks have included taking down the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) website and the global Xbox and Playstation gaming networks.
Action Fraud, part of City of London Police, sent out its alert late on Friday, warning: “In the past 24 hours a number of businesses throughout the UK have received extortion demands from Lizard Squad. The group has sent emails demanding payment of five bitcoins, to be paid by a certain time and date. The email states that this demand will increase by five bitcoins for each day that it goes unpaid.
“If their demand is not met, they have threatened to launch a Denial of Service attack against the businesses' websites and networks, taking them offline until payment is made. The demand states that once their actions have started, they cannot be undone.”
Action Fraud is pleading that companies affected call 0300 123 2040 or report it online. It says: “Do not pay the demand. Retain the original emails with headers. Maintain a timeline of the attack, recording all times, type and content of the contact.”
“Report it to Action Fraud. Call your ISP or hosting provider, tell them you are under attack and ask for help. Keep a timeline of events and save server logs, web logs, email logs, any packet capture, network graphs, reports, etc.”
Action Fraud is the UK's national centre for reporting fraud and financially motivated cyber-crime. It partners with the City of London Police National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) to pursue these crimes.
Source: SCMagazine
So far, at least 20 companies have been threatened with an attack and are demanding five bitcoins – just over £1,500 - or they will suffer a DDoS attack.Lizard Squad has a habit of attacking companies and past attacks have included taking down the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) website and the global Xbox and Playstation gaming networks.
Action Fraud, part of City of London Police, sent out its alert late on Friday, warning: “In the past 24 hours a number of businesses throughout the UK have received extortion demands from Lizard Squad. The group has sent emails demanding payment of five bitcoins, to be paid by a certain time and date. The email states that this demand will increase by five bitcoins for each day that it goes unpaid.
“If their demand is not met, they have threatened to launch a Denial of Service attack against the businesses' websites and networks, taking them offline until payment is made. The demand states that once their actions have started, they cannot be undone.”
Action Fraud is pleading that companies affected call 0300 123 2040 or report it online. It says: “Do not pay the demand. Retain the original emails with headers. Maintain a timeline of the attack, recording all times, type and content of the contact.”
“Report it to Action Fraud. Call your ISP or hosting provider, tell them you are under attack and ask for help. Keep a timeline of events and save server logs, web logs, email logs, any packet capture, network graphs, reports, etc.”
Action Fraud is the UK's national centre for reporting fraud and financially motivated cyber-crime. It partners with the City of London Police National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) to pursue these crimes.
Source: SCMagazine
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