Description

The lucrative black market for DDoS attack services was the strongest force behind the DDoS threats that targeted enterprises or government organizations. Motivations behind such attacks varied but mainly fell into categories of political motivation, ransom money, and cut-throat competition. In 2015, DDoS threats launched by extortionists continued to rise in terms of scale and frequency, leading common targets such as government and banking sectors to beef up their security set-up by upgrading their DDoS hardware solutions and subscribing to cloud-based DDoS services.