NightmareStresser Goes Offline in Global DDoS-for-Hire Crackdown
The DOJ seized NightmareStresser domains, a DDoS-for-hire service behind hundreds of thousands of attacks since 2022, as part of Operation PowerOFF.
The US Department of Justice announced the court-authorized seizure of internet domains behind NightmareStresser, a booter service allegedly used to launch hundreds of thousands of actual or attempted DDoS attacks worldwide since 2022. The action, announced from the District of Alaska with FBI Anchorage and Royal Canadian Mounted Police support, is part of Operation PowerOFF, which previously took down 53 domains across 21 countries in April and 27 booter sites in December 2024. Over the past eight years, prosecutors have charged twelve defendants and seized more than 100 domains tied to DDoS-for-hire services.
- Court-authorized seizure in the District of Alaska; FBI Anchorage and RCMP provided technical and investigative support.
- NightmareStresser used for hundreds of thousands of actual or attempted DDoS attacks worldwide since 2022.
- Part of Operation PowerOFF; earlier sweeps took 53 domains in 21 countries and 27 sites in December 2024.
- DOJ has charged twelve defendants and seized over 100 booter domains over the past eight years.
- Products
- NightmareStresser
- Countries
- United States
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The DOJ seized domains behind NightmareStresser, a DDoS-for-hire service tied to hundreds of thousands of attacks since 2022, as part of Operation PowerOFF. Renting a DDoS attack used to be as easy as renting a movie. Pick a target, pay a few dollars, watch the site go dark.
By Pierluigi Paganini · securityaffairs.com
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