Today, I received the following DDOS attack ransom email from my website:
Email: server37@scryptmail.com
Message: FORWARD THIS MAIL TO WHOEVER IS IMPORTANT IN YOUR COMPANY AND CAN MAKE DECISION!
We are Armada Collective.
In past, we launched one of the largest cyber attacks in the Internet history including big ICO sites. Among the last ICOs damaged by us are EOS, Authorshop and Russian Mining Center sites. Use Google.
[Haзвaниe пpoeктa] will be DDoS-ed if you don't pay 1 Bitcoin @ 16qxnLo8FGjaaHsBTWgU26fvQnwDuSc768 within 24 hours!
AND IT WILL LAST UNTIL THE END OF ICO!
REMEMBER: YOU HAVE 24 HOURS FROM THIS MAIL!
Our attacks are extremely powerful, we can attack over CloudFlare/Incapsula and other services, so no protection will help.
If you don't pay by in 24 hours, attack will start, price to stop will increase to 5 BTC and will go up 2 BTC for every day of attack.
If you report this to media and try to get some free publicity by using our name, instead of paying, attack will start permanently and will last for a long time.
This is not a joke.
Prevent it all with just 1 BTC @ 16qxnLo8FGjaaHsBTWgU26fvQnwDuSc768
Do not reply, we will probably not read. Pay and we will know its you. AND YOU WILL NEVER AGAIN HEAR FROM US!
Bitcoin is anonymous, nobody will ever know you cooperated.
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Time: October 19, 2017 at 9:37 am
IP Address: 93.77.172.70
Contact Form URL: http://aaacoin.us/menu-3/
Sent by an unverified visitor to your site.
The IP address leads it to Ukraine:
IP: 93.77.172.70
Decimal: 1565371462
Hostname: dhcp-pool.net-93.77.172.host-70.sev.sevcable.net
ASN: 35680
ISP: ODEKO LLC
Organization: ODEKO LLC
Services: None detected
Type: Broadband
Assignment: Static IP
Blacklist: Click to Check Blacklist Status
Continent: Europe
Country: Ukraine ua flag
State/Region: Republic of Crimea
City: Simferopol
Latitude: 44.9572 (44° 57′ 25.92″ N)
Longitude: 34.1108 (34° 6′ 38.88″ E)
Articles on the internet https://blog.cloudflare.com/empty-ddos-threats-meet-the-armada-collective/ show it's an empty threat. But still some still pay.
If somebody is
hakka-savvy ;) would you track them down, rob them of their possessions and make them miserable overall?