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 >