PIZZO SPIDER — Hacktivist Profile
PIZZO SPIDER, also tracked as DD4BC (DDoS for Bitcoin), is a financially motivated criminal extortion group active since at least April 2014. The group threatened organizations - particularly in financial services and online gambling - with DDoS attacks unless Bitcoin ransoms were paid. Members were identified and arrested in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Also tracked as
DD4BC, Ambiorx, DDoS for Bitcoin, DDoS 4 Bitcoin
Vendor research
- Double Trouble: Ransomware + Data Leak Extortion: Origins and Adversaries, Pt. 1 CrowdStrike
- DD4BC, Armada Collective, and the Rise of Cyber Extortion Recorded Future
- Akamai Releases Findings of Increased Attacks and More Aggressive Tactics from DD4BC Extortionist Group Akamai Technologies
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Crackdown on 'Cyber Blackmail' Group OCCRP
- Europol confirms raid against DDoS extortion ring DD4BC CSO Online