Europol, Poland Bust Major DDoS-for-Hire Operation, Arrest 4

Polish authorities arrest 4 behind major DDoS-for-hire sites used in global attacks. Europol, US, Germany, and Dutch forces assist in takedown.

In a coordinated international operation, law enforcement has shut down a major slice of the DDoS-for-hire business. Polish authorities, supported by Europol and agencies in the US, Germany, and the Netherlands, have arrested four individuals accused of running six separate stresser/booter platforms that fueled thousands of cyberattacks between 2022 and 2025.

The arrested suspects are believed to be behind platforms including:

• Cfxapi
• Zapcut
• Jetstress
• Neostress
• Cfxsecurity
• Quickdown

These services offered anyone with a few euros the power to carry out DDoS attacks and knock websites and servers offline with little more than a login and a target IP address. Prices reportedly started as low as €10.

According to Europol’s press release, these platforms were used to ...