FBI Authorities Seizes 15 DDoS For Hire Websites !

FBI Authorities Seizes 15 DDoS For Hire Websites !

Authorities have seized and shut down 15 popular DDoS-for-hire websites used by cybercriminals for revenge and DDoS
DDoS-for-hire, or "Booter" or "Stresser," services rent out access to a network of infected devices, which then can be used by anyone, even the least tech-savvy individual, to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against any website and disrupt its access.

Pastly multiple hacking groups ruined Christmas Day for millions of gamers by taking down PlayStation, Xbox networks and other gaming servers using massive DDoS attacks.

DoJ said :

"Booter services such as those named in this action allegedly cause attacks on a wide array of victims in the US and abroad, including financial institutions, universities, internet service providers, government systems, and various gaming platforms".

"The action against the DDoS services comes the week before the Christmas holiday, a period historically plagued by prolific DDoS attacks in the gaming world."

In April this year, the Dutch police took down the world's biggest DDoS-for-hire service known as Webstresser that helped cyber criminals launch over 4 million attacks, and arrested its administrators.
The 15 booter domains that were selling access to DDoS attacks under the guise of network stress-testing services and seized by the FBI on Thursday include:

• defcon.pro
• str3ssed.me
• defianceprotocol.com
• layer7-stresser.xyz
• netstress.org
• request.rip
• torsecurityteam.org
• ragebooter.com
• anonsecurityteam.com
• downthem.org
• quantumstress.net
• critical-boot.com
• booter.ninja
• bullstresser.net

These DDoS-for-Hire services were allegedly used to target a wide array of victims in the United States and abroad, including financial institutions, universities, internet service providers, government systems, and various gaming platforms.

On 12 Dec,U.S. Attorney's Office also charged David Bukoski of Pennsylvania, for operating Quantum Stresse one of the longest-running DDoS services in operation with over 80,000 customer subscriptions as of November 29 since its launch in 2012.
In 2018 alone, Quantum Stresser was used to launch more than 50,000 "actual or attempted" DDoS attacks targeting victims worldwide, including in Alaska and California.

This is not the first time when authorities have shut down a DDoS-for-hire website and saved unsuspected users from DDoS attacks.

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