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Police arrest alleged DDoS extortion gang at Heathrow Airport

Two Polish men were arrested at Heathrow Airport earlier this week in connection with an alleged DDoS extortion attack on a Manchester-based business, news sources have reported.
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Details are light but it is known that a website connected to the business was brought down during the attack, which happened at an unspecified time before the 7 August arrests.

“This investigation centers on an allegation that the on-line company was blackmailed,” said Detective Inspector Chris Mossop, of Greater Manchester Police’s Serious Crime Division

“As part of this blackmail attempt, one of the company’s websites was made temporarily unavailable by the offenders,” he added.

“Denial of service attacks have become increasingly common offences in recent years and can have a devastating effect on the victim’s on-line business or presence.”

The investigation continued in several countries, including the UK, the US and Poland, police said.

Although such cases rarely come to light, cyber-extortion has flourished in the last decade. In almost every case, DDoS is the weapon of choice. These days, small and medium-size businesses are the usual target because they are far less likely to have DDoS mitigation in place to defend themselves.

 

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