Law enforcement shuts down 27 DDoS booters ahead of annual Christmas attacks

FanJ · Dec 11, 2024

Europol - 11 Dec 2024
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media...dos-booters-ahead-of-annual-christmas-attacks

Operation PowerOFF is an ongoing multifaceted operation against DDoS-for-hire services, designed to hold providers and users accountable
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Law enforcement agencies worldwide have disrupted a holiday tradition for cybercriminals: launching Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks to take websites offline. As part of an ongoing international crackdown known as PowerOFF, authorities have seized 27 of the most popular platforms used to carry out these attacks.
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Known as ‘booter’ and ‘stresser’ websites, these platforms enabled cybercriminals and hacktivists to flood targets with illegal traffic, rendering websites and other web-based services inaccessible.

This multifaceted operation, coordinated by Europol and involving 15 countries, targeted all levels of those engaged in this crime.
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The festive season has long been a peak period for hackers to carry out some of their most disruptive DDoS attacks, causing severe financial loss, reputational damage and operational chaos for their victims.
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Law enforcement shuts down 27 DDoS booters ahead of annual Christmas attacks

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