US EditionDDoS-for-hire operation taken down in major police sting
- Polish authorities arrested four individuals linked to operating six DDoS-for-hire platforms between 2022 and 2025 targeting schools, governments, and businesses worldwide.
- These arrests followed a coordinated multinational law enforcement effort under Operation PowerOFF, which began in 2018 and involved Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States.
- The seized platforms, including Cfxapi, Neostress, Jetstress, Quickdown, and Zapcut, enabled users with little technical knowledge to launch attacks by paying as little as EUR 10 and entering a target’s IP address.
- Europol announced on Wednesday that the suspects were involved in managing networks that enabled thousands of cyberattacks globally, while authorities in the United States took control of nine domain names associated with comparable booter services.
- The takedown disrupts major criminal booter services and highlights continued law enforcement efforts to protect internet infrastructure from global DDoS-for-hire threats.
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Justice Department seizes nine global 'denial of service' operations; Alaska FBI plays key role
The US Department of Justice today announced the seizure of nine internet domains linked to major distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)-for-hire operations, in a coordinated international crackdown that highlights the growing role of Alaska in global cybercrime enforcement. Federal authorities partnered with international counterparts, including Poland’s Central Cybercrime Bureau, which simultaneously announced the arrest of four administrators […
Six DDoS sites seized in multi-national law enforcement operation
Authorities in Poland have arrested four people accused of administrating and selling access to distributed denial of service (DDoS) services, according to a press release from Europol. The suspects are believed to have operated six so-called “stresser” or “booter” services that enabled customers across the world to launch thousands of attacks on targets ranging from government offices to businesses and schools. From 2022 to 2025, the platform…
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity
The Good | Joint Crackdown Disrupts Major DDoS-for-Hire Network & Arrests Four Polish authorities have arrested four cybercriminals accused of working through DDoS-for-hire platforms to launch thousands of attacks worldwide. The six platforms in total, Cfxapi, Cfxsecurity, neostress, jetstress, quickdown, and zapcut, have all been dismantled as a result of coordinated efforts involving law enforcement from Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, and t…
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