Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) reported wave of ransom DDoS attacks in 2020. Attackers targeted financial services firms across Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia. Attacker sent extortion note that threatened to disrupt websites and services with a DDoS attack if demanded ransom was not paid. No one that received the threat reported paying a ransom, the information sharing center said in a statement this week. Some companies responded to the attacks with increased spending on cybersecurity.”]

