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 <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds like lizardSquad may be at it again > On Dec 3, 2015 8:53 AM, "halp us" <[email protected]> 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 > > >
