Cybercriminals posing as the Russian APT group Fancy Bear have been launching DDoS attacks against companies in the financial sector and demanding ransom payments, according to a new report.
The large-scale, multi-vector DDoS attacks come with accompanying ransom letter. They started about a week ago against financial companies mainly located in Singapore, South Africa, and some Scandinavian countries, according to the report, which also published a copy of the ransom letter.
The group, which appears to actually own a DDoS botnet, is asking victims for payments of two Bitcoin. On Monday morning, one Bitcoin was selling for about $9,300.
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Source: ThreatPost
