Law enforcement agencies across Europe, the United States, and other partner nations cracked down on the commercial DDoS-for-hire ecosystem, targeting both operators and customers of services used to knock websites offline.

The coordinated effort led to the seizure of 53 domains, four arrests, 25 search warrants, and warning notices sent to more than 75,000 people suspected of using so-called “booter” or “stresser” platforms.

A Crackdown on DDoS-for-Hire

DDoS-for-hire platforms allow customers to pay relatively small fees to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks against websites, gaming services, businesses, and public infrastructure. In fact, AI-driven threat intelligence com...