Ransom DDoS attack - need help!
Roland Dobbins
rdobbins at arbor.net
Wed Dec 9 06:07:17 UTC 2015
On 9 Dec 2015, at 11:46, Jean-Francois Mezei wrote:
> Since the OP mentioned a "ransom" demand (aka: extortion), should law
> enforcement be contacted in such cases ?
Yes.
> Is there any experience doing this ?
Yes.
> Are they any help ?
Operationally, no. Investigatively, possibly.
>
> In North america, would that mean FBI in USA and RCMP in Canada
Yes.
> or local police force which then escalates to proper law enforcement
> agency ?
If you're asking about US and/or Canada, the relevant national LEA
generally applies. In other jurisdictions, it's situationally-specific.
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