Akamai researchers say a new wave of attacks combining extortion and DDoS attacks. The latest attacks attempt to leverage the reputations of two APT groups — Fancy Bear and Armada Collective. The group using Fancy Bear demands 20 Bitcoins ($240,240) to begin, increasing to 30 Bitcoins for a missed deadline and 10 Bitcoins each day that follows. The researchers advise organizations receiving a threatening message not to pay and instead immediately talk to their upstream ISP. “These are defendable attacks,” says researcher Steve Ragan.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/new-campaign-combines-extortion-ddos