Credit Card processing firm Authorize.net has been the target of large scale DDoS attacks for the past few days.
The start of the attack, on Sept. 15, coincided with the company laying off 12 percent of its work force. But retribution was not considered as a motive for the attack, because the company had received an extortion letter before the layoffs were announced, Schwartz said. He added that the company is cooperating with federal law enforcement to investigate the attacks and find the source.
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