Technique

Distributed denial-of-service

technique:distributed_denial_of_service Also: DDoS, DDoSSing, DDossed

Flooding a victim's website or service with traffic to disrupt operations and increase pressure to pay.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
incoming USES Indian hacker community Explicit 51
incoming USES REvil Explicit 126

Claims

Indian hacker community USES Distributed denial-of-service

Indian hackers used DDoS attacks against Pakistani government websites.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Speaker1 EP 51 Details

“They were DDossed and some of them were defaced.”

Speaker1 · offsets 14608–14656

REvil USES Distributed denial-of-service

REvil added a further extortion tactic by DDoSing victims or their partners until negotiations began.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Will EP 126 Details

“they would now begin to DDoS you or your partners”