Europol Dismantles DDoS-for-Hire Network and Arrests Four Administrators

Significant blow to cybercriminal infrastructure, Europol has coordinated an international operation resulting in the arrest of four individuals in Poland who allegedly operated six DDoS-for-hire platforms.

These platforms, which allowed paying customers to launch devastating cyberattacks for as little as €10, were responsible for thousands of attacks against schools, government services, businesses, and gaming platforms between 2022 and 2025.

The operation represents a major disruption to the commercial DDoS marketplace that had industrialized cybercrime for even non-technical users.

Polish law enforcement’s Central Cybercrime Bureau (Centralne Biuro Zwalczania Cyberprzestępczości) apprehended the four administrators behind a network of DDoS-for-hire services known as Cfxapi, Cfxsecurity, neostress, jetstress, quickdown, and zapcut.

These platforms featured sophisticated yet user-friendly interfaces that automated the complex process of launching distributed denial of service attacks.

Users needed no technical expertise to conduct attacks-they simply selected a target IP address, chose attack parameters including type and duration, and completed ...