Group-IB and other security firms assisted Ukrainian police in taking down on DDoS criminal gangs

According to securityaffairs on March 8 news, network security company Group-IB together with other companies to assist the Ukrainian police to ban a large number of extortion incidents in the global DDoS criminal gang. It is reported that the gang participated in DDoS attacks and extortion for as long as two years.

Group-IB’s investigation began in September 2015. Its security personnel discovered during the investigation that the criminal group had launched a DDoS attack on the international online dating service website AnastasiaDate, causing AnastasiaDate’s website to be closed down for several hours and then committing a crime. The staff threatened the site with a $10,000 ransom on the condition that the attack was stopped. In addition, the gang launched DDoS attacks on some online stores, payment systems, and websites that provide gambling, lottery, and gambling services. Examples include victims of Ukrainian fraud cases (including U.S. corporate rental data centers and staffed facilities Stafford Associated, and PayOnline online payment services).

Currently, Group-IB’s cybersecurity experts have identified the criminal gang and linked it with two Ukrainians Gayk Grishkyan and Inna Yatsenko. It is reported that two members of the DDoS criminal gang confessed to their crimes and will be sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.

Source: securityaffairs