The reported increase in attacks against the UK, over the last six months coincides with a warning issued by the City of London Police in May of this year, where the public was warned of a new wave of ransom driven DDoS attacks orchestrated by Lizard Squad. In June of 2016, Corero Network Security conducted research were 80 percent of European IT security professionals expect their business to be threatened with a DDoS ransom attack during the next 12 months. The Internet service provider is in a unique position to dramatically improve Internet security.”]
Source: https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/articles/uk-attractive-target-ddos-attackers/