{"id":2547,"date":"2016-05-02T14:39:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T14:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/?p=2547"},"modified":"2016-05-02T14:39:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T14:39:37","slug":"action-fraud-alert-urgent-online-extortion-demand-affecting-uk-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/2016\/05\/02\/action-fraud-alert-urgent-online-extortion-demand-affecting-uk-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Fraud Alert &#8211; URGENT: Online Extortion Demand Affecting UK Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Within the past 24 hours a number of businesses throughout the UK have received extortion demands from a group calling themselves \u2018Lizard Squad\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method of Attack:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe group have sent emails demanding payment of 5 Bitcoins, to be paid by a certain time and date. The email states that this demand will increase by 5 Bitcoins for each day that it goes unpaid.<\/p>\n<p>If their demand is not met, they have threatened to launch a Denial of Service attack against the businesses\u2019 websites and networks, taking them offline until payment is made.<\/p>\n<p>The demand states that once their actions have started, they cannot be undone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to do if you\u2019ve received \u00a0one of these demands:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Report it to Action Fraud by calling 0300 123 2040 or by using the online reporting tool<\/li>\n<li>Do not pay the demand<\/li>\n<li>Retain the original emails (with headers)<\/li>\n<li>Maintain a timeline of the attack, recording all times, type and content of the contact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If you are experiencing a DDoS right now you should:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Report it to Action Fraud by calling 0300 123 2040 immediately.<\/li>\n<li>Call your Internet Service Provider (ISP) (or hosting provider if you do not host your own Web server), tell them you are under attack and ask for help.<\/li>\n<li>Keep a timeline of events and save server logs, web logs, email logs, any packet capture, network graphs, reports etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Get Safe Online top tips for protecting your business from a DDoS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider the likelihood and risks to your organisation of a DDoS attack, and put appropriate threat reduction\/mitigation measures in place.<\/li>\n<li>If you consider that protection is necessary, speak to a DDoS prevention specialist.<\/li>\n<li>Whether you are at risk of a DDoS attack or not, you should have the hosting facilities in place to handle large, unexpected volumes of website hits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within the past 24 hours a number of businesses throughout the UK have received extortion demands from a group calling themselves \u2018Lizard Squad\u2019. Method of Attack: The group have sent emails demanding payment of 5 Bitcoins, to be paid by a certain time and date. The email states that this demand will increase by 5&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/2016\/05\/02\/action-fraud-alert-urgent-online-extortion-demand-affecting-uk-businesses\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Action Fraud Alert &#8211; URGENT: Online Extortion Demand Affecting UK Businesses<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crimewatch","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/logo.gif?fit=121%2C93&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2MmHE-F5","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 03:18:45","action":"Draft","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2548,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547\/revisions\/2548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}