E-Racketeering

By Andrew Raff on December 1, 2003 5:11 PM | | TrackBacks (0)

BBC News: E-commerce targeted by blackmailers

"Criminal syndicates operating from Russia have targeted large online payment systems that belong to gambling sites," DK Matai of MI2G, which monitors unauthorised computer hacking, told BBC World Service's Analysis programme.

"In some cases the criminal syndicates have made subsequent phone calls and said, 'look, you have to pay us $40,000 or $50,000 before we will stop mounting these DDos attacks. If you don't pay us, then be ready for another day of disruption for your customers'."

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