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Law enforcement authorities take down criminal DDoS-for-hire service


Law enforcement agencies from Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States have taken down the “world’s most prolific DDoS-for-hire service.”

Digitalstress.su was a business offering Distributed-Denial-of-Service or DDoS attacks. These online services, also referred to as ‘booter’ services, are most commonly provided to test the resilience of a company’s corporate network against external digital threats.

However, there are instances where these stress tests are being used by hackers and cybercriminals to shut down corporate networks. The worst case scenario is that an attack could potentially cripple a business. If that happens to a company operating in the critical infrastructure, people may not be able to call on public and emergency services.

According to the National Crime Agency (NCA), a law enforcement agency from the United Kingdom, digitalstress.su was a criminal marketplace responsible for tens of thousands of DDoS attacks every week worldwide.

The NCA took over the website and replaced its homepage with a splash page, warning users that their data has been collected by law enforcement agencies and that it’s not safe to discuss their criminal activities anywhere. One suspected controller was arrested earlier this month.

The operation was a collaboration between the NCA, the Police Services of Northern Ireland (PSNI, and the FBI.

“Booter services are an attractive entry-level cybercrime, allowing individuals with little technical ability to commit cyber offenses with ease. Anyone using these services while our mirror site was in place has now made themselves known to law enforcement agencies around the world,” Paul Foster, Deputy Director and head of the NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit said in a statement.

“We will continue to work tirelessly alongside our law enforcement partners to disrupt the activities of those who use cyber technology to cause damage, whether locally or globally. Today’s welcome announcement should send a clear message to all cybercriminals that, whatever your motive or means, you are not beyond identification and investigation,” Detective Chief Inspector at PSNI Paul Woods explained.


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