NightmareStresser group responsible for thousands of DDOS attacks has domains seized in major operation
- US law enforcement seized Nightmare Stresser domains, a long‑running DDoS‑for‑hire platform
- Service enabled hundreds of thousands of attacks since 2022; FBI banner now replaces sites
- Part of Operation PowerOFF, which has seized 100+ domains and charged 12 people so far
US law enforcement agencies disrupted yet another Distributed Denial of Service for hire (DDoS-for-hire) platform. In a press release published earlier this week on the District of Alaska’s Attorney General’s Office website, it was said that two internet domains associated with the Nightmare Stresser service were seized.
Describing it as “one of the world’s longest running Distributed Denial of Service for hire services,” the DoJ says Nightmare Stresser was used in “hundreds of thousands of actual or attempted DDoS attacks targeting victims worldwide since 2022”.
Services such as this one are called “booters” or “stressers”, and are often advertised as legitimate, allowing users to stress-test their websites against possible DDoS...
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