Norway
NOR
Runbox DDoS extortion intermittently blocks access to email services
Beginning Friday October 22, 2021, attackers sent large-volume DDoS traffic exceeding 50 Gbps to Norwegian email provider Runbox. Runbox confirmed that the overload intermittently prevented customers from accessing its services while an extortion demand threatened further disruption.
72
Estimated severity
72 / 100
92
Source reliability
92 / 100
Approximate Date
2021-10-22
Targeted Company
RUNBOX
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
Norway
Affected countries
Norway
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service degradationService unavailability
Affected sectors
Technology & IT Services
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Distributed denial of serviceExtortion
Attributed threat actors
CURSED PATRIARCH