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10 Cyber Threats Small Businesses Can't Ignore

InformationWeek Staff | 09/18/12

The email came from "Ivan" in Russia: "After a few minutes I'll start a DDoS attack on your site, and it will cease to work," the message said. "If you don't want to lose any profit, you pay me only $3,500."

Endless Wardrobe, the Australian online clothing retailer under attack, refused to pay. As threatened, the site was flooded with bogus information requests, overwhelmed, and down for a week. Endless Wardrobe worked with its hosting provider to blunt the attack, but the defenses erected by the provider also blocked many legitimate customers.