It's been going on for days now, aimed at financial institutions other than banks.
Banks went through this a few years back, but their systems can hold out against anything less than state-sponsored attacks, so the scammers have taken it down half a notch, aiming at NZX, PayPal, WorldPay and others: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/ind...som-in-bitcoin
Mildly interesting to see no AliPay, although I haven't checked, so they may be in the mix somewhere.
It used to be that seeing the Fancy Bear group mentioned immediately points to Russia, but the scale looks a lot bigger than their past capabilities and they're more malicious state actors (DNC hack) than blackmailers.
Also, FB are very well known and don't carry ID, so like Anonymous, anyone who wants to be one, can be.
I was aware of the attack on NZX on Tuesday and thought maybe China was just sending a gentle reminder not to piss them off, but I don't see Chinese authorities either arranging or allowing this widespread kind of attack right now - the targets are politically pointless.
The size and co-ordination suggests an extremely well-resourced attack, so I'm looking at places with a little cashflow problem right now - North Korea, Iran, Syria - the usual suspects.
Feel free to post your ideas!
Banks went through this a few years back, but their systems can hold out against anything less than state-sponsored attacks, so the scammers have taken it down half a notch, aiming at NZX, PayPal, WorldPay and others: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/ind...som-in-bitcoin
Mildly interesting to see no AliPay, although I haven't checked, so they may be in the mix somewhere.
It used to be that seeing the Fancy Bear group mentioned immediately points to Russia, but the scale looks a lot bigger than their past capabilities and they're more malicious state actors (DNC hack) than blackmailers.
Also, FB are very well known and don't carry ID, so like Anonymous, anyone who wants to be one, can be.
I was aware of the attack on NZX on Tuesday and thought maybe China was just sending a gentle reminder not to piss them off, but I don't see Chinese authorities either arranging or allowing this widespread kind of attack right now - the targets are politically pointless.
The size and co-ordination suggests an extremely well-resourced attack, so I'm looking at places with a little cashflow problem right now - North Korea, Iran, Syria - the usual suspects.
Feel free to post your ideas!
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