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Officials warned each of them to stop jamming up traffic. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/cyberscoop\/88637\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/officials-seize-53-ddos-for-hire-domains-in-ongoing-crackdown.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1\" class=\"single-article__cover-image wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/officials-seize-53-ddos-for-hire-domains-in-ongoing-crackdown-3.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/officials-seize-53-ddos-for-hire-domains-in-ongoing-crackdown-3.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/officials-seize-53-ddos-for-hire-domains-in-ongoing-crackdown-3.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/officials-seize-53-ddos-for-hire-domains-in-ongoing-crackdown-3.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/officials-seize-53-ddos-for-hire-domains-in-ongoing-crackdown-3.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/officials-seize-53-ddos-for-hire-domains-in-ongoing-crackdown-3.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/officials-seize-53-ddos-for-hire-domains-in-ongoing-crackdown-3.jpg?resize=252,168 252w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/officials-seize-53-ddos-for-hire-domains-in-ongoing-crackdown-3.jpg?resize=506,337 506w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/officials-seize-53-ddos-for-hire-domains-in-ongoing-crackdown-3.jpg?resize=1013,675 1013w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/officials-seize-53-ddos-for-hire-domains-in-ongoing-crackdown-3.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\"><figcaption> Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, is pictured at its headquarters building on June 24, 2020 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"34.348849372385\"><body readability=\"70.565878378378\"><\/p>\n<p>Authorities from 21 countries took down 53 domains and arrested four people allegedly involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europol.europa.eu\/media-press\/newsroom\/news\/europol-supported-global-operation-targets-over-75-000-users-engaged-in-ddos-attacks\">distributed denial-of-service operations<\/a> used by more than 75,000 cybercriminals, Europol said Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>The globally coordinated effort dubbed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.operation-poweroff.com\/\">Operation PowerOFF<\/a>\u201d disrupted booter services and seized and dismantled infrastructure, including servers and databases, that supported the DDoS-for-hire services, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement agencies obtained data on more than 3 million alleged criminal user accounts from the seized databases, and ultimately sent more than 75,000 emails and letters to participants, warning them to halt their activities.<\/p>\n<p>Officials from the countries involved in the operation also served 25 search warrants, removed more than 100 URLs advertising DDoS-for-hire services in search engine results and created search engine ads to target young people searching for DDoS-for-hire tools.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The operation, which is ongoing, primarily targets IP stressors or DDoS booters that cybercriminals use to inundate websites, servers and networks with junk traffic, rendering legitimate services inaccessible. <\/p>\n<p>Officials described DDoS-for-hire tools as prolific and easily accessible, often including tutorials that allow non-tech savvy people to initiate attacks on various organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttacks are often regionally focused, with users targeting servers and websites within their continent, and directed at a wide range of targets including online marketplaces, telecommunications providers and other web-based services,\u201d Europol said in a news release. \u201cMotivations vary from curiosity to ideological purposes linked to hacktivism, as well as financial gain through extortion or the disruption of competitors\u2019 services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Operation PowerOFF is supported by multiple law enforcement agencies from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>The international crackdown <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/international-crackdown-disrupts-ddos-for-hire-operations\/\">disrupted other popular DDoS-for-hire services<\/a> in late 2024, netting three arrests and 27 domain takedowns. Authorities in Poland in May <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/poland-ddos-arrests-europol-operation-poweroff\/\">arrested four alleged administrators<\/a> of DDoS-for-hire tools that cybercriminals used to launch thousands of attacks from 2022 to 2025.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.5891783567134\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"14\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/officials-seize-53-ddos-for-hire-domains-in-ongoing-crackdown-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Matt Kapko\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Matt Kapko<\/h4>\n<p> Matt Kapko is a reporter at CyberScoop. His beat includes cybercrime, ransomware, software defects and vulnerability (mis)management. 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