U.S. Seizes NightmareStresser Domains Linked to Hundreds of Thousands of DDoS Attacks
The U.S. DoJ seized NightmareStresser DDoS-for-hire domains, disrupting a booter service linked to hundreds of thousands of attacks since 2022.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a court-authorized seizure of nightmare-stresser[.]com and nightmarestresser[.]org, conducted with the FBI Anchorage Field Office and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as part of Operation PowerOFF. Searchlight Cyber reported in 2023 that NightmareStresser had over 566,000 registered users and 52 servers, offering Layer 4 amplification and Layer 7 floods against education, government, and gaming victims. The seizure follows earlier actions, including 48 domains seized in December 2022 and 53 domains plus four arrests this April, bringing totals to twelve charged defendants and more than 100 seized domains.
- DoJ, FBI, and RCMP seized two NightmareStresser domains under a U.S. District Court for Alaska warrant.
- Service had 566,000+ registered users and 52 servers per a 2023 Searchlight Cyber report.
- Booter enabled Layer 4 amplification and Layer 7 floods with CAPTCHA and rate-limit bypasses.
- Part of Operation PowerOFF: twelve defendants charged and 100+ domains seized overall.
- Victims included schools, government agencies, gaming platforms, and millions of users.
Indicators of compromise
auto-extracted · verify before use · export allAll| Type | Indicator | Context |
|---|---|---|
| domain | nightmare-stresser.com | ce known as NightmareStresser. The domains in question are: nightmare-stresser[.]com and nightmarestresser[.]org. Visitors to the site are now |
| domain | nightmarestresser.com | December 2022, another domain linked to NightmareStresser ("nightmarestresser[.]com") was among the 48 domains that were seized by the DoJ. E |
| domain | nightmarestresser.org | . The domains in question are: nightmare-stresser[.]com and nightmarestresser[.]org. Visitors to the site are now greeted by a seizure banner |
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The U. S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the court-authorized seizure of internet domains associated with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)-for-hire service known as NightmareStresser.
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