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Thexyz DDoS extortion causes email webmail and client portal access disruptions

DDoS attacks against Canadian provider Thexyz in the week preceding October 25, 2021 peaked at about 256 Gbps. The company said mitigations and network restrictions caused delays and service disruptions when users accessed Webmail and the client area; email transmission itself was described as largely unaffected.

69

Estimated severity

69 / 100

91

Source reliability

91 / 100

Approximate Date

2021-10-21

Targeted Company

THEXYZ

Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact

  1. Distribution & Fulfillment

  2. Procurement & Sourcing

  3. Production & Manufacturing

  4. Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)

  5. Warehousing

  6. Service Delivery

  7. Unrecognized Impact

Supply Chain Relations

No information

Geographic Impact

Country Targeted Company

Canada

CAN

Other Affected Countries

No other affected countries reported

Target country

Canada

Affected countries

Canada

Impacted regions

No information

Operational Impact

Duration

No information

Financial impact (USD M)

No information

Impact types

Service degradation

Affected sectors

Technology & IT Services

Affected departments

Customer ServiceInformation Technology

Attack Profile

Attack types

Distributed denial of serviceExtortion

Attributed threat actors

CURSED PATRIARCH

Sources

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