Bitmain under DDoS Attack by Hackers Demanding Ransom Payment
Yesterday, there were several reports of Hashnest and Bitmain services having abnormal intermittent outages. It so happens that earlier in the morning, an unidentified group of hackers sent the company a threatening email demanding a great deal of money to avoid a series of severe DDOS attacks. Of course, that several customers started complaining about not being able to access the mining pool and their profile accounts. Soon after this the company informed their customers through email what was happening: "This morning we received a concerning email from a group of hackers threatening....
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