"Prolific DDoS Marketplace Shut Down by UK Law Enforcement"

UK law enforcement agencies recently infiltrated and took down DigitalStress, the world's most prolific underground marketplace offering distributed denial of service(DDoS) services.  The National Crime Agency (NCA) said that it had taken over and disabled DigitallStress on July 2 in collaboration with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).  The NCA noted that DigitalStress was a marketplace offering DDoS-for-hire or "booter" services.  These services allow users to create accounts and order DDoS attacks within minutes.  According to UK law enforcement, DDoS operators using DigitalStress were responsible for tens of thousands of attacks weekly.

Infosecurity Magazine reports: "Prolific DDoS Marketplace Shut Down by UK Law Enforcement"