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___ * Company * Blog For HomeFor BusinessFor Partners Consumer Insights Labs Business Insights Industry News 1 min read POLICE FROM 15 COUNTRIES SHUT DOWN MAJOR DDOS-FOR-HIRE PLATFORMS Vlad CONSTANTINESCU December 12, 2024 Promo Protect all your devices, without slowing them down. Free 30-day trial A major joint operation involving law enforcement agencies from 15 countries has dismantled 27 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) platforms. The operation, dubbed “Operation PowerOFF,” has also led to the arrest of multiple administrators of such platforms and helped authorities identify hundreds of their customers. THE SCOPE OF THE OPERATION DDoS-for-hire services, also known as “stressers” or “booters,” allow users to launch debilitating attacks against online targets for a fee. These attacks are designed to cause severe outages and business disruptions. DDoS platforms operate by harnessing botnets consisting of compromised devices, weaponizing the machines to flood targeted systems with overwhelming traffic and rendering them inoperable. Europol, supported by analytical expertise, crypto-tracing and forensic investigation assistance from the Joint Cybercrime Action Team (J-CAT), led the initiative to dismantle these platforms, thus denying service to the denial-of-service operators. ARRESTS, SEIZURES, CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION AND LEGAL ACTION Authorities seized 27 websites, including zdstresser[.]net orbitalstress[.]net and starkstresser[.]net; visitors of these websites are now greeted with seizure notices. As part of the operation, three administrators linked to these illicit platforms were apprehended and some 300 people who had used the seized DDoS services were identified. SOME CUSTOMERS WERE ARRESTED, MANY OTHERS RECEIVED WARNINGS Law enforcement agencies are taking varied approaches to address identified users, ranging from issuing warnings to discourage further use to criminal charges, depending on the scale and severity of their involvement. The Dutch Police (Politie) arrested four individuals, aged 22 to 26, as part of the operation. One was accused of conducting more than 4,000 DDoS attacks, while the others were linked to hundreds of such incidents. The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) also indicted two individuals with ties to infamous booter services. Among them is 22-year-old Ricardo Cesar Colli from Brazil, who operated securityhide[.]net and securityhide[.]com under the moniker “TotemanGames.” An unnamed individual was charged for administrating other notorious DDoS-for-hire platforms. tags Industry News -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUTHOR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VLAD CONSTANTINESCU Vlad's love for technology and writing created rich soil for his interest in cybersecurity to sprout into a full-on passion. Before becoming a Security Analyst, he covered tech and security topics. View all posts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIGHT NOW TOP POSTS Threats The Safe Nomad TORRENTS WITH PIRATED TV SHOWS USED TO PUSH LUMMA STEALER MALWARE November 14, 2024 4 min read Industry News Very Small Business Scam HOW SCAMMERS STOLE $20 MILLION BY HACKING EMAILS OF REAL ESTATE AGENTS – HERE’S WHY SMALL FIRMS MUST TAKE CYBERSECURITY SERIOUSLY November 11, 2024 3 min read Scam IS YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT PLACING YOU IN SCAMMERS’ CROSSHAIRS? October 17, 2024 4 min read Tips and Tricks How to Very Small Business WHAT KEY CYBERTHREATS DO SMALL BUSINESSES FACE? September 06, 2024 4 min read FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE Industry News Scam AUTHORITIES UNCOVER MASSIVE VISHING RING WITH OVER 10,000 VICTIMS Vlad CONSTANTINESCU December 13, 2024 2 min read Industry News UPDATE YOUR IGEAR – APPLE PATCHES DOZENS OF SECURITY HOLES IN IOS 18.2, MACOS SEQUOIA 15.2, AND MORE Filip TRUȚĂ December 13, 2024 2 min read Industry News DOUGHNUT ORDERS DISRUPTED! KRISPY KREME SUFFERS HACK ATTACK Graham CLULEY December 12, 2024 2 min read BOOKMARKS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You have no bookmarks yet. Tap to read it later. Legal Information | Privacy Policy | Contact Us Copyright © 1997 - 2024 Bitdefender.