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. In response to this attack, Russian authorities launched Operation Payback, which saw police raiding several locations across Russia on December 1.
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.