US takes down NightmareStresser DDoS-for-hire platform

The FBI has seized the domains of NightmareStresser, a long-running DDoS-for-hire ('booter') service that enabled users to launch large-scale distributed denial-of-service attacks using compromised IoT devices and routers. The service, which claimed to be the '#1 online IP booter,' was used in hundreds of thousands of attacks since 2022, targeting networks globally with attack volumes up to 200 Gbps across multiple layers. The takedown was part of Operation PowerOFF, an international law enforcement effort targeting criminal DDoS infrastructure, which has previously dismantled similar services and led to multiple arrests and domain seizures worldwide.

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