Europol Announces More DDoS Service Takedowns, Arrests

Four people have been arrested in Poland and several websites associated with DDoS-for-hire services have been shut down.

Law enforcement agencies continue to target DDoS-for-hire services, with Europol announcing more takedowns and arrests this week.

For years, law enforcement authorities in North America, Europe and the APAC region have worked together to disrupt services that enable anyone to launch DDoS attacks against specified online services. These DDoS-for-hire services, also known as booter services, enable users to disrupt a website, in some cases for just a few dollars.

Dozens of such websites have been shut down over the past years and several individuals have been arrested as part of an operation dubbed PowerOFF.

The latest action was announced by Europol on Wednesday. According to the agency, six more DDoS attack websites have been shut down, namely Cfxapi, Cfxsecurity, Neostress, Jetstress, Quickdown and Zapcut.

These services have been used between 2022 and ...