- Jan 8, 2011
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TechCrunch: Basecamp Becomes Latest Victim Of DDoS Attackers Attempting To Extort Money From Tech Companies
BaseCamp: https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3728-basecamp-was-under-network-attack-this-morning
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Basecamp, makers of the popular online project management software of the same name (which as of this February became the company’s main focus) was hit with a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) this morning, rendering its services temporarily unavailable. The company disclosed this news in a blog post, explaining that the “criminals” behind the DDoS had also tried to extort money in return for stopping the attack – a request that Basecamp smartly refused.
BaseCamp: https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3728-basecamp-was-under-network-attack-this-morning
We’ve been in contact with multiple other victims of the same group, and unfortunately the pattern in those cases were one of on/off attacks. So while things are currently back to normal for almost everyone (a few lingering network quarantine issues remain, but should be cleared up shortly), there’s no guarantee that the attack will not resume.
So for the time being we remain on high alert. We’re collaborating with the other victims of the same group and with law enforcement. These criminals are sophisticated and well-armed.
So for the time being we remain on high alert. We’re collaborating with the other victims of the same group and with law enforcement. These criminals are sophisticated and well-armed.
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