The attackers claim to want bitcoin as ransom, and will resume the digital damage unless they get what they want. Authorities are confirming that the two financial institutions have claimed to be targeted in this manner, with their business websites suffering attacks about ten days ago, leading to service issues.
Cyber criminals are jerks. Unfortunately I am not as good with computers as I would like. I get the gist of how things work and can make the magic box on my desk do what I want but I do not understand why companies can't seem to protect against these DDS attacks. What am I missing? I have been hearing about them for so long now. Our state website was even hit by some Russian weenie hacker last month. Why can't states, countries, corporations, etc. find some way to counter these attacks?
