and sister-site have both been targeted in a DDoS attack by extortionists demanding a bitcoin payment. The extortionists also claimed further threats in exchange for a ransom.
CryptoCoinsNews, a prominent resource and news outlet for readers looking into bitcoin-, alternative currencies-, block chain-, and fintech-related news was the target of a attack earlier this morning.
One of the extortionists, going by the name ‘Jon’, sent in an email demanding 2 Bitcoins to reveal ‘fatal security vulnerabilities’ on the website while threatening to contact our advertisers to let them know the websites are down.
However, all we had to do was to amp up our DDoS protection to mitigate the attacks; and we’re back online.
The following is a screenshot of the email received:
Taken from the email, ‘Jon’ said:
Pay us 2 Bitcoins now to: 18RJA5BpFe4CGDFQG59jLNhPqYCRaEFng1
The extortionist added:
[Pay us now] or we will keep attacking your website, we have only used 20% of the machines we have enslaved by our Trojan.
One presumes the machines being referred to are a part of a malicious botnet.
Additional details from the email include:
Received: from mout.gmx.com ([74.208.4.201]): 49517)
(Exim 4.86)
(envelope-from <jonoliva@mail.com>)
id 1a0jKs-00029h-BY
for X; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 00:06:42 -0500
Received: from [185.57.80.163] by 3capp-mailcom-lxa08.server.lan (via HTTP);
Mon, 23 Nov 2015 06:06:04 +0100
MIME-Version: 1.0
Message-ID: <trinity-8fc94d33-e89c-4034-8075-4aab03ef0c8f-1448255163969@3capp-mailcom-lxa08>
From: "Peter Evans"
5 Bitcoins Bounty
If you can help us identify the extortionists in a way that leads to a successful police report, you will receive five bitcoins, with gratitude.
We would need to know the following:
- ID(s) of the extortionists
- Location (address)
- Similar attacks on other sites/companies
- Other relevant information
Send your material to crypto@cryptocoinsnews.com
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