Pinnacle – DoS Attack 9/12, 9/13 - $30k extortion – Status: Pinnacle paid the ransom, Site up
BetWWTS – DoS Attack 9/12, 9/13 - $30k extortion – Status: BetWWTS paid the ransom, Site up
Hollywood – DoS Attack 9/19, 9/20, 9/21 - $30k extortion – Status: Refusing to pay, site down 9/21
Rio – DoS Attack 9/19, 9/20, 9/21 - $30k extortion – Status: Refusing to pay, site down 9/21
Skybook – DoS Attack 9/19, 9/20, 9/21 - $30k extortion – Status: Refusing to pay, site down 9/21
Grande – Threatened with DoS Attack – Status: Site up 9/21
BC Bets – Threatened with DoS Attack – Status: Site up 9/21
BetWWTS – DoS Attack 9/12, 9/13 - $30k extortion – Status: BetWWTS paid the ransom, Site up
Hollywood – DoS Attack 9/19, 9/20, 9/21 - $30k extortion – Status: Refusing to pay, site down 9/21
Rio – DoS Attack 9/19, 9/20, 9/21 - $30k extortion – Status: Refusing to pay, site down 9/21
Skybook – DoS Attack 9/19, 9/20, 9/21 - $30k extortion – Status: Refusing to pay, site down 9/21
Grande – Threatened with DoS Attack – Status: Site up 9/21
BC Bets – Threatened with DoS Attack – Status: Site up 9/21
Vaulted-
My guess is that they made "short-sighted" business decision that another attack would cost them more than $30K, so paying was the lesser of two evils.
Of course, when the hackers get greedy again or blow the money they've already collected, the ones that pay will be the first they visit.
BTW, notice the extortion letter posted by Hollywood.... it said that paying would protect you for 12 months. This means they intend another round of blackmail next year.
My guess is that they made "short-sighted" business decision that another attack would cost them more than $30K, so paying was the lesser of two evils.
Of course, when the hackers get greedy again or blow the money they've already collected, the ones that pay will be the first they visit.
BTW, notice the extortion letter posted by Hollywood.... it said that paying would protect you for 12 months. This means they intend another round of blackmail next year.
Capper,
They're exactly what they sound like. Attacks orchestrated to "deny services". There are a lot of different types of DOS attacks. You can attack the pipe that people use to reach the book's servers on the net OR you can just constantly send requests to the servers to the point where they becomd overloaded with requests and basically shut down. A Distributed DOS attack comes from a source that goes out and takes control of other pc's and instructs them to all attack a PC or PC's or network at the same time or in intervals. Often times the owners of the "zombie" PC's don't even know their computers are being used for these attacks.
It's not easy to combat these attacks. I give the books who haven't paid these scumbags full props!
They're exactly what they sound like. Attacks orchestrated to "deny services". There are a lot of different types of DOS attacks. You can attack the pipe that people use to reach the book's servers on the net OR you can just constantly send requests to the servers to the point where they becomd overloaded with requests and basically shut down. A Distributed DOS attack comes from a source that goes out and takes control of other pc's and instructs them to all attack a PC or PC's or network at the same time or in intervals. Often times the owners of the "zombie" PC's don't even know their computers are being used for these attacks.
It's not easy to combat these attacks. I give the books who haven't paid these scumbags full props!
