I've heard that online gambling companies often get hit with DDOS attacks and then the attacker asks for a ransom/blackmail to stop DDOS. Since the online gambl

I've heard that online gambling companies often get hit with DDOS attacks and then the attacker asks for a ransom/blackmail to stop DDOS. Since the online gambling company is losing money for every minute they are offline, they usually pay (and do so quietly of course).