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E-commerce Firm 2Checkout Reports DDoS
Extortion Attack
April 2004
E-commerce firm 2Checkout, which processes
credit card payments for online merchants, says
it has been hit with a distributed denial of
service ((DDoS) attack after it rebuffed an
extortion attempt. The 2Checkout site
experienced rolling outages from the attack,
which began on April 9 and was still ongoing as
of April 16, according to a statement on the
company's web site.
"2Checkout continues to fight an extortion based
('Pay us or else we will continue to attack')
DDOS attack," the company said earlier this
week. "We apologize for any service
interruptions. Rest assured that our full staff
in addition to some consultants are working
relentlessly in conjunction with our providers
to combat and minimize any effects of the
attack."
2Checkout is widely used by small web hosting
companies, especially resellers who need to
accept credit cards but don't have their own
merchant account. The Columbus, Ohio company's
turnkey order processing system allows customers
to open online stores for a $49 setup fee and a
percentage of each charge, and pays merchants
twice a month. 2Checkout says it processed more
than $100 million in transactions in 2003, and
more than $53 million thus far this year.
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