![]() ![]() “Some sites use the term ‘stresser’ in an effort to suggest that the service could be used to test the resilience of one’s own infrastructure,” noted FBI special agent Elliott Peterson in an affidavit. The websites in question have been used to target educational institutions, government agencies, gaming platforms and millions of individuals in exchange for money paid in cryptocurrency. DDoS attacks generally involve requesting overwhelming traffic from websites, thereby knocking them off.Īfter reviewing the communication between site administrators and customers, the feds discovered malice, which indicated “that both parties are aware that the customer is not attempting to attack their own computers.” However, an investigation revealed that these 48 websites were actually carrying out DDoS-for-hire operations to enable any technically unskilled and paying user to ‘boot’ a target off the internet. Operators of these websites marketed themselves as “booter” or “stressor” services, i.e., to stress-test the underlying bandwidth. Europol added Opens a new window that one of these sites was used to carry out more than 30 million DDoS attacks. The Department of Justice’s press release states these 48 websites were a front for launching millions of DDoS attacks Opens a new window globally. Law enforcement agencies are also charging six defendants responsible for operating DDoS booter services. Department of Justice (DoJ) authorized the FBI to take down 48 domains engaged in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
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