Malicious individuals targeted a food delivery website located in Germany with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.

Jitse Groen, founder and CEO of the Germany-based food delivery service Takeaway (Lieferando.de), announced on March 18 that his company had suffered a DDoS attack.

In the picture included in Groen’s tweet, those responsible for the DDoS attack demanded that Takeaway pay a ransom amount of 2 bitcoin (worth approximately $11,000 at the time of writing).

The malicious actors told Takeaway that they would “help you protect you company” if they complied with their demands. Even so, they threatened to attack other websites operated by Takeaway if the company met them with non-compliance.

Shortly after Groen issued his tweet, Lieferando.de tweeted out its own disclosure about the attack.

 

Here’s the English translation, as provided by Google Translate:

Our systems have been attacked and are currently under maintenance to ensure the security of all data. This can lead to a delay in order processing. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to return to normal soon.

Some customers responded to Lieferando.de’s tweet with complaints that the company had accepted new orders despite its systems being unavailable due to the DDoS attack. In response, the company issued a subsequent tweet in which it reassured customers that that it (Read more...)