Cybersecurity incident — 2014-04-01 00:00:00
Affected organization: Mad Mimi
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Financial
Actor: Mark Nsd
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

Email marketing service Mad Mimi is hit by a DDoS attack. Shortly after, they receive an email from someone who asked for 1.8 Bitcoins to stop launching attacks.