US Takes Down Long-Running DDoS Site 'NightmareStresser'
But on Tuesday, the Justice Department announced the FBI had used court-authorized orders to seize domains belonging to the DDoS provider. “According to the seizure warrant affidavit, the NightmareStresser Booter service targeted in this operation was used to launch hundreds of thousands of actual or attempted DDoS attacks targeting victims worldwide since 2022,” the department added. Back in 2022, federal agents previously seized the group’s other domain at nightmarestresser.com while charging six suspects behind dozens of DDoS-for-hire services.
- ▪But on Tuesday, the Justice Department announced the FBI had used court-authorized orders to seize domains belonging to the DDoS provider.
- ▪“According to the seizure warrant affidavit, the NightmareStresser Booter service targeted in this operation was used to launch hundreds of thousands of actual or attempted DDoS attacks targeting victims worldwide since 2022,” the departmen
- ▪Back in 2022, federal agents previously seized the group’s other domain at nightmarestresser.com while charging six suspects behind dozens of DDoS-for-hire services.
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The FBI has seized a notorious site called “NightmareStresser” that’s been fueling hundreds of thousands DDoS attacks to knock services offline.Since at least 2020, NightmareStresser had sold access to users looking to launch Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks, which can overwhelm and disrupt access to internet services. But on Tuesday, the Justice Department announced the FBI had used court-authorized orders to seize domains belonging to the DDoS provider. “According to the seizure warrant affidavit, the NightmareStresser Booter service targeted in this operation was used to launch hundreds of thousands of actual or attempted DDoS attacks targeting victims worldwide since 2022,” the department added.
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