Social networking site Meetup has been facing ongoing distributed-denial-of-service attacks. It received a notification the attacks would continue unless it paid a $300 fee. The company experienced three strong attacks, starting Feb. 27, when the extortion e-mail came through. “Extortion has been a part of the DDoS threat landscape for quite some time,” says Dan Holden, a director at Arbor Networks. “Most serious extortion is more around the lines of, say, $10,000, not $300,” Holden says.”]
Source: https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/ddos-extortion-targets-social-network-a-6598