Registered user on could access the DDoS-for-hire service an entry fee of €15 per month. The service was shuttered and the police seized the hacking platform, the Europol announced “further measures” were also taken against the top users in the above four countries, as well as in Italy, Australia, Hong Kong and Spain. “International law enforcement will not tolerate these illegal services and will continue to pursue its admins and users,” “Stressed websites make powerful weapons in the hands of cybercriminals,” said Jaap van Oss, Dutch chairman of the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce. “ was considered the world’s biggest marketplace to hire Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) services, with over 136 000 registered users and 4 million attacks measured by April 2018.”ĭDoS-for-hire service allows criminals without specific technical skills to launch powerful cyber attacks by renting their service. “The administrators of the DDoS marketplace were arrested on 24 April 2018 as a result of Operation Power Off, a complex investigation led by the Dutch Police and the UK’s National Crime Agency with the support of Europol and a dozen law enforcement agencies from around the world.” reads the press release published by the Europol.
The Europol confirmed that had 136,000 registered users and was used to target online services from banks, government institutions, police forces and the gaming world. The police arrested 6 members of the crime group behind the ‘ ‘ website in Scotland, Croatia, Canada, and Serbia on Tuesday.
The operation dubbed Power Off allowed to shut down the biggest DDoS-for-hire service ( ) and arrest its administrators, according to the investigators the platform was involved in over 4 million attacks and arrested its administrators. The European police have shut down , the world’s biggest DDoS-for-hire service, that allowed crooks to launch over 4 million attacks.Īn international operation dubbed conducted by the European law enforcement agencies led by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Dutch Police, with the help of Europol, has taken down the world’s biggest DDoS-for-hire service.
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