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International crackdown disrupts DDoS-for-hire operations

ID: d6a60910-1ff0-530a-81b9-94397a33e664

STIX ID: report--d6a60910-1ff0-530a-81b9-94397a33e664

Feed Name: CyberScoop

Threat Score
55/100

Date Published: 2024-12-12

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Greg Otto

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Europol and partners executed Operation PowerOFF, seizing 27 popular booter/stresser websites used to launch DDoS attacks, arresting administrators in France and Germany, identifying about 300 users, and unsealing related indictments; the effort included a preventative ad campaign targeting people searching for DDoS-for-hire services and highlights increasing DDoS activity affecting sectors like banking.

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