Exoscale Swiss cloud provider under DDOS attack
status.exoscale.ch
status.exoscale.ch
Hi,
We are reaching out today with unfortunate news. We have been contacted by a criminal organization which indicated that they are targeting Exoscale and its customers with a DDOS attack.
"We asked for ransom. They ignored us. And YOU helped them to mitigate. Now, your guilt, we are coming for you. We are waiting for BTC to be paid on or we will start kicking all your customers offline. One by one. Or more at once. So far we kicked your site offline a few times, you noticed that. We will wait until Monday. In meantime, to prove we are serious, we will launch a few more attacks - on your site and sites of some of your customers of which you are proud of."
While the "protection" fee mentioned here might not seem much, such organizations are well known for using that as a bait to test for an organization's spending ability and escalating. We intend not to comply with the request and to take the following actions:
Switch our static properties to a CDN hostRemove all external company logos from our home pageBlock traffic to affected IPs as attacks are ongoing to limit the impact
As a customer, you are strongly encouraged to use a CDN host for static properties and we will communicate on a regular basis as the events unfold, your primary source of information will remain https://status.exoscale.ch
Sincerely, your devoted Exoscale Team.