Criminals extort companies by subjecting them to denial of service attacks. Offshore gambling sites have been asked to pay up to $50,000 to ensure they are free from attacks for a year. Police are urging any victims not to give in to blackmail and report the crime. This is a lot easier than breaking into a victim and extorting them for theft of credit cards or intellectual property. Just have your home users and university machines blast away at a victim, collect the cash.”]
Source: https://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2003/11/criminals-extort-companies-with-dos.html