FBI Seizes NightmareStresser DDoS-for-Hire Domains Used in Hundreds of Thousands of Attacks

FBI seized NightmareStresser DDoS-for-hire domains used in hundreds of thousands of attacks since 2022, as part of international Operation PowerOFF.

The FBI Anchorage, working with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Federal Policing Northwest Region, seized internet domains linked to NightmareStresser, a booter/stresser service allegedly used to launch hundreds of thousands of DDoS attacks or attempted attacks worldwide since 2022. Targets included educational institutions, government agencies, gaming platforms and individual users in Alaska, the wider U.S. and internationally. The action falls under Operation PowerOFF, a multinational effort against DDoS-for-hire services, building on earlier cases that charged 12 defendants and seized more than 100 domains. Prosecutors Adam Alexander and Ainsley McNerney from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska are handling the case.