Sting op takes down 50 DDoS-for-hire domains, seven people collared
Police around the globe have seized as many as 50 internet domains said to be involved in tens of millions of distributed-denial-of-service attacks worldwide. Seven people were collared during the swoop.
The so-called"booter" websites sold"some of the world's leading DDoS-for-hire services," allowing paying customers to launch these networking-flooding cyberattacks against chosen victims, according to the US Justice Department, whichEuropol put the number of takedowns that were part of this Operation Power Off at 50, and said one of the nefarious sites had been used to deploy.
While some of the sites claimed to offer"stresser" services, ostensibly to help organizations test whether their networks could withstand a DDoS flood, after reviewing"thousands of communications between booter site administrators and their customers; these communications make clear that both parties are aware that the customer is not attempting to attack their own computers," according to an FBI affidavit [These DDoS-for-hire services have been used against a wide array of...
Also related to the website seizures, the FBI, the UK's National Crime Agency, and the Netherlands police have launched an advertising campaign across search engines in which the ads are triggered by keywords associated with DDoS activities. The ads aim to deter would-be cybercriminals searching for DDoS services and to educate the public.
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