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International Police Disrupt DDoS-For-Hire Services in Operation PowerOff

| 2026-04-17 11:30 MEDIUM LOW DDOS & DISRUPTION LAW ENFORCEMENT
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Executive Summary
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A multi-national law enforcement operation, known as Operation PowerOff, resulted in the takedown of 53 domains associated with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and the arrest of four people suspected of providing DDoS-for-hire services. The operation, involving police and cybersecurity agencies from 21 countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, disrupted illegal booter services and technical infrastructure used to support DDoS attacks. The operation also seized databases containing data on over three million criminal user accounts, leading to four arrests and 53 domains being taken down, with additional warnings posted to cryptocurrency platforms.
Technical Mitigations AI-generated
• Block or hunt for URLs advertising DDoS-for-hire services. • Remove over 100 URLs advertising DDoS-for-hire services from search engine results. • Use databases seized by law enforcement to identify and block malicious user accounts.
Intelligence Metadata
Actors / Malware / CVEs / Campaigns
Operation PowerOffOperation PowerOff
Target & Sectors
NORTH_AMERICA NORTH_AMERICA NORDICS NORDICS BENELUX BENELUX DACH DACH governmentgovernment
Incident Timeline
‎2026/04/17
International law enforcement agencies from 21 countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, and the United States, disrupted DDoS-for-hire services through a coordinated operation called Operation PowerOff.
infrastructure 53 domains
A multi-national law enforcement operation has resulted in the takedown of 53 domains associated with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and the arrest of four people suspected of providing DDoS-for-hire services.
This resulted in four arrests and 53 domains being taken down, plus the removal of over 100 URLs advertising DDoS-for-hire services from search engine results.
Tactical Metrics
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infrastructure
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Domains
A multi-national law enforcement operation has resulted in the takedown of 53 domains associated with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and the arrest of four people suspected of providing DDoS-for-hire services.
This resulted in four arrests and 53 domains being taken down, plus the removal of over 100 URLs advertising DDoS-for-hire services from search engine results.
Intelligence Sources
Infosecurity-Magazine 2026-04-17
Infosecurity-Magazine 2026-04-17