"FBI Seized Domains Linked to 48 DDoS-For-Hire Service Platforms"

The US Department of Justice (DOJ)  has seized 48 Internet domains and charged six people in connection with the operation of booter or stresser platforms that allow anyone to easily conduct Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. Booters are online platforms that allow threat actors to pay for DDoS attacks on websites and Internet-connected devices. They are essentially "booting" the target off the Internet. Stressers provide the same DDoS feature but claim to be used for legitimate testing of the dependability of web services and the servers that power them. Some websites use the term stresser to imply that the service can be used to assess the resilience of one's own infrastructure. However, this is a ruse, and these services exist to conduct DDoS attacks on victim computers not controlled by the attacker and without the victim's permission, according to an affidavit signed by FBI Special Agent Elliott Peterson of the Alaska field office. Threat actors create an account and deposit cryptocurrency, which is then used to pay for the services. This article continues to discuss the seizure of 48 Internet domains and charge of six suspects for their involvement in running booter or stresser platforms.

Bleeping Computer reports "FBI Seized Domains Linked to 48 DDoS-For-Hire Service Platforms"