"DDoS-for-hire, or booter services, allow miscreants of all types to disrupt web and telecommunications services for financial gain, ideological purposes, or other motivations."
"Booter services allow users to launch DDoS attacks against targeted websites, servers, or networks. Their infrastructure is made up of servers, databases, and other technical components."
"The action was the result of several operational sprints that gathered experts from national authorities to disrupt the illegal booter services and their infrastructure."
A coordinated operation involving law enforcement from 21 countries targeted DDoS-for-hire services, leading to the takedown of 53 domains and the arrest of four individuals. The operation, part of Operation PowerOff, included sending 75,000 warning emails to users and executing 25 search warrants. The initiative aimed to disrupt illegal booter services and their infrastructure, exposing over 3 million criminal user accounts. The operation will transition to a prevention phase, focusing on removing URLs and placing warnings on blockchains used by cybercriminals.
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