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DDoS threats being made against Australian organisations

ASD's ACSC is aware of DoS-for-ransom threats targeting Australian organisations, particularly banking and finance entities

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The threats in question are delivered via email, and threaten the recipient with a sustained DoS attack unless a sum of the Monero cryptocurrency is paid. The actors behind these threats claim to be the ‘Silence Hacking Crew', however the ASD’s ACSC is unable to verify this claim.

The ASD’s ACSC cannot positively verify the legitimacy of any threats made by the actor. However, the ASD’s ACSC has received no reports of the threats eventuating in DoS and is aware of a number of DoS threats made in the past against Australian organisations that did not eventuate.

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