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***ALERT HOAX PROLEXIC EMAIL***
March 25, 2008
***ALERT HOAX PROLEXIC EMAIL***
If you recently received an email from 911@prolexic.com about a "test Denial of Service (DDoS) attack" from Prolexic to demonstrate our DDoS mitigation capabilities or if you currently are experiencing an attack that appears to be coming from a Prolexic server, you are the victim of a serious crime.
This attack is being perpetrated by cyber criminals seeking financial gain by interfering with the normal course of your business and ours. We have notified the FBI, CERT and other law enforcement agencies, but we encourage you to take action as well by:
Contacting the FBI:
Miami FBI Office - miami.fbi.gov - (305) 944-9101
Or find your local FBI office at: http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/focities.htm
Opening a case with CERT, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness
Team. If you are in the USA, here is the link:
https://forms.us-cert.gov/report
If you are outside the USA, you can find a local reporting agency at:
http://www.vaonline.org/internet_reporting.html
If you receive any extortive emails on this topic, please forward them to support@prolexic.com to help our investigation of the matter.
If you have any questions you may call us at (954) 620-6002
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