[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fIJJP1UwV4MX7NvNalx0fhRvEukujs5WU_L66ZcFY45M":3},{"article":4,"iocs":49,"watch_terms":53,"solutions":54,"lesson":115},{"id":5,"title":6,"slug":7,"summary":8,"ai_summary":9,"brief":10,"url":11,"image_url":12,"published_at":13,"ingested_at":14,"relevance_score":15,"entities":16,"category_id":31,"category":32,"article_tags":36},"19b761ff-da71-4a77-bf1d-e9b261e1a8f9","Dark Storm Team Expands DDoS-for-Hire Operations, Demands $5,000 to Stop Alleged Amino Attack","dark-storm-team-expands-ddos-for-hire-operations-demands-5-000-to-stop-alleged-a-08370d","Dark Storm Team is combining political attack claims with a growing cybercrime business, advertising distributed denial-of-service services and demanding money to stop alleged disruption. A November 6, 2026, investigation documents its Telegram activity, including a $5,000 cryptocurrency demand linked to the Amino social app. The demand dates to October 2025, rather than a newly confirmed […] The post Dark Storm Team Expands DDoS-for-Hire Operations, Demands $5,000 to Stop Alleged Amino Attack appeared first on Cyber Security News.","The Dark Storm Team is expanding its cybercrime operations by offering distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) for hire and engaging in extortion. Investigations into their Telegram activity revealed a $5,000 cryptocurrency demand to cease an alleged attack on the Amino social app, dating back to October 2025. The group also advertises DDoS services with various pricing tiers and has offered other illicit services like social media account access and database dumps.","Dark Storm Team offers DDoS-for-hire services and extorts victims, demanding $5,000 to stop an alleged Amino attack.","https:\u002F\u002Fcybersecuritynews.com\u002Fdark-storm-team\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fcybersecuritynews.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F11\u002FDark-Storm-Team-Expands-DDoS-for-Hire-Operations-Demands-5000-to-Stop-Alleged-Amino-Attack.webp","2026-11-10T13:18:07+00:00","2026-11-10T14:00:28.466518+00:00",7,[17,20,22,24,26,29],{"name":18,"type":19},"Dark Storm Team","threat_actor",{"name":21,"type":19},"Team1914",{"name":23,"type":19},"NoName057(16)",{"name":25,"type":19},"DDoSia Project",{"name":27,"type":28},"Amino","product",{"name":30,"type":28},"Telegram","e7b231c8-5f79-4465-8d38-1ef13aea5a14",{"id":31,"icon":33,"name":34,"slug":35},null,"Threat Intelligence","threat-intelligence",[37,42,47],{"category":38},{"id":39,"icon":33,"name":40,"slug":41},"6cbdd207-aaa1-4176-9534-e156b125e917","Nation-state","nation-state",{"category":43},{"id":44,"icon":33,"name":45,"slug":46},"89f78b1c-3503-45a1-9fc7-e23d2ce1c6d5","Malware","malware",{"category":48},{"id":31,"icon":33,"name":34,"slug":35},[50],{"type":46,"value":51,"context":52},"GLITCH","Persona associated with Dark Storm Team's operations",[27,30],{"controls":55,"vendors":114},[56,85],{"slug":57,"name":58,"problem":59,"products":60},"waf-ddos","Web application firewall and DDoS protection","Websites and APIs stay up, and common web attacks are filtered before they reach them.",[61,69,77],{"vendor_slug":62,"vendor_name":63,"vendor_logo":64,"product_slug":65,"product_name":66,"url":67,"description":68},"f5","F5","\u002Fvendor-logos\u002Ff5.png","web-app-and-api-protection","F5 Web App and API Protection","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.f5.com\u002Fsolutions\u002Fweb-app-and-api-protection","Web application firewall, API security, bot management and DDoS mitigation, as a service or self-managed.",{"vendor_slug":70,"vendor_name":71,"vendor_logo":72,"product_slug":73,"product_name":74,"url":75,"description":76},"akamai","Akamai","\u002Fvendor-logos\u002Fakamai.png","app-and-api-protector","Akamai App & API Protector","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.akamai.com\u002Fproducts\u002Fapp-and-api-protector","Web application firewall, bot and DDoS protection for websites and APIs.",{"vendor_slug":78,"vendor_name":79,"vendor_logo":80,"product_slug":81,"product_name":82,"url":83,"description":84},"cloudflare","Cloudflare","\u002Fvendor-logos\u002Fcloudflare.png","cloudflare-waf","Cloudflare WAF and DDoS protection","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cloudflare.com\u002Fproducts\u002Fwaf\u002F","Web application firewall and unmetered DDoS mitigation for websites and APIs.",{"slug":86,"name":87,"problem":88,"products":89},"incident-response-retainer","Incident response retainer","Experts are on call before the worst day, not searched for during it.",[90,98,106],{"vendor_slug":91,"vendor_name":92,"vendor_logo":93,"product_slug":94,"product_name":95,"url":96,"description":97},"palo-alto-networks","Palo Alto Networks","\u002Fvendor-logos\u002Fpalo-alto-networks.png","unit-42-retainer","Unit 42 Retainer","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.paloaltonetworks.com\u002Funit42\u002Fretainer","Incident response retainer with Unit 42, including preparation services.",{"vendor_slug":99,"vendor_name":100,"vendor_logo":101,"product_slug":102,"product_name":103,"url":104,"description":105},"google","Google","\u002Fvendor-logos\u002Fgoogle.png","mandiant-incident-response","Mandiant Incident Response","https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.google.com\u002Fsecurity\u002Fconsulting\u002Fmandiant-incident-response-services","Incident response services from Mandiant, available on retainer.",{"vendor_slug":107,"vendor_name":108,"vendor_logo":109,"product_slug":110,"product_name":111,"url":112,"description":113},"crowdstrike","CrowdStrike","\u002Fvendor-logos\u002Fcrowdstrike.png","incident-response","CrowdStrike Incident Response","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.crowdstrike.com\u002Fen-us\u002Fservices\u002Fincident-response\u002F","Incident response services, available on retainer.",[],{"slug":116,"title":117,"body":118,"framework_refs":119,"framework_notes":125},"ddos-for-hire-group-extorts-victims-for-5000-to-stop-attacks","DDoS-for-Hire Group Extorts Victims for $5,000 to Stop Attacks","Dark Storm Team illustrates the growing commercialization of DDoS-as-a-service, where low-skill actors can purchase disruptive attacks against any target and then layer extortion demands on top. The group's open advertising on Telegram — including tiered pricing, database dumps, and social media account sales — shows how cybercrime ecosystems enable even moderately resourced adversaries to cause significant harm. Organizations like Amino that become targets may face both service disruption and extortion pressure simultaneously, compounding the incident response challenge. This matters because without proactive DDoS mitigation and a clear extortion response playbook, victims are left reacting under duress, which often leads to poor decisions such as paying ransoms.",[120,121,122,123,124],"NIST CSF 2.0 RS.CO-02: Incident Reporting","NIST SP 800-53 SI-13: Availability","NIS2 Article 21(2)(b)","NIS2 Article 21(2)(c)","CIS Control 13: Network Monitoring and Defense (v8)",{"NIS2 Article 21(2)(b)":126,"NIS2 Article 21(2)(c)":127,"NIST SP 800-53 SI-13: Availability":128,"NIST CSF 2.0 RS.CO-02: Incident Reporting":129,"CIS Control 13: Network Monitoring and Defense (v8)":130},"NIS2 requires effective incident handling procedures, which must include a predefined playbook for DDoS-plus-extortion scenarios to avoid reactive, ad-hoc decision-making under pressure.","Business continuity requirements under NIS2 mandate that organizations maintain service resilience plans, including DDoS mitigation capacity, so operations can continue during volumetric attacks.","This control asks organizations to protect the availability of information systems, directly applicable to deploying anti-DDoS controls before an attack can take services offline.","This category requires organizations to report incidents to appropriate authorities; engaging law enforcement immediately upon receiving an extortion demand limits attacker leverage and aids prosecution.","CIS Control 13 requires continuous network traffic monitoring and anomaly detection, which would enable early identification of DDoS attack onset before service degradation becomes severe."]