E-commerce targeted by blackmailers

[puggit]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3238230.stm

Russia has high net access and low regulation
Law enforcement agencies are investigating an increasing number of reports of organised criminal gangs carrying out denial-of-service (DDos) attacks - with the specific intention of blackmailing companies.
A DDos attack, of the kind that brought down the
WorldPay system earlier this month, floods a website with computer-generated requests.

Now, some organised criminals are using the threat of inflicting such an attack, which can cost vast amounts of money to the company, as a means of extortion.

(much more in link)

[plotloss]

Inevitable and neccesary part of web evolution IMHO

[DontLift]

It is those that pay up which make the scam work as with all forms of blackmail