Australia’s top cyber agency warns of ‘a number’ of ransom threats made toward banking and finance organizations. The group behind the threats is calling itself the Silence Hacking Crew, but the ACSC also advised it has been unable to verify that as well. DDoS attacks are intended to jam a service by sending overwhelming amounts of traffic. It’s not clear if the group making threats toward Australian banks is indeed the same group or if it is piggybacking on Silences reputation.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/australia-warns-finance-sector-ddos-threats-a-13773