VTB, Sberbank and the Bank of Moscow have announced they became the target of an extensive denial-of-service (DDoS) attack last autumn. The extortionists demanded 50 Bitcoins in return for stopping the attacks at a total value of $32.5 million. Whilst Russia's three largest banks did not agree to pay the hackers, the banks have not experienced large-scale DDoS attacks since and did not suffer any damage as a result of the attack.
VTB, Sberbank and the Bank of Moscow have announced they became the target of an extensive denial-of-service (DDoS) attack last autumn. The extortionists demanded 50 Bitcoins in return for stopping the attacks at a total value of around $11,500. Whilst Russia's three largest banks did not agree to pay the hackers, the banks have not experienced large-scale DDoS attacks since and did not suffer any damage as a result of the attack.