FBI: More than 100 financial firms, including some big banks and brokerages, have been hit with extortion threats. Large financial institutions in particular appear to be getting singled out by blackmailers, says Gartner analyst Avivah Litan. Litan: “The large banks are under an onslaught of [such] attacks; the smaller banks, I hear mixed things from” Litan says banks don’t talk about such attacks much, “because no one wants the public to know that they’re being extorted””]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/fbi-to-banks-ddos-extortions-continue-a-8446