A new report by security firm Radware finds the same threat actor behind a DDoS campaign targeted the same set of victims again after the organizations failed to pay the initial ransom. The organizations were first hit by the unidentified group in August or September 2020. Radware’s researchers say the tactics recently observed with the attacks indicate a fundamental change in how it operates. DDoS extortion has now become an integral part of the threat landscape for organizations across nearly every industry since the middle of 2020,” the report says.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/ddos-attackers-revive-old-campaigns-to-extort-ransom-a-15835