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Law enforcement shutdown a long-standing DDoS-for-hire service

Security Affairs

Polish police, as part of the international law enforcement operation PowerOFF, dismantled a DDoS-for-hire service that has been active since at least 2013. An international operation codenamed PowerOff led to the shutdown of a DDoS-for-hire service that has been active since at least 2013. user accounts, 76 thousand.

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Security Service of Ukraine arrested a man operating a huge DDoS botnet

Security Affairs

Ukrainian police arrested a cybercriminal who controlled a botnet composed of 100,000 devices that was available for rent to launch DDoS attacks. Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has arrested a hacker who controlled a DDoS botnet composed of 100,000 devices that was available for rent. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Law enforcement worldwide hunting users of DDoS-for-Hire services

Security Affairs

Europol and law enforcement agencies worldwide are investigating DDoS-for-hire services and hunting users that paid them to carry out cyber attacks. The operation dubbed Power Off allowed to shut down the biggest DDoS-for-hire service ( webstresser.org ) and arrest its administrators. ” continues the press release.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

Spamit), an invite-only community for Russian-speaking people in the businesses of sending spam and building botnets of infected computers to relay said spam. bank accounts. Multiple accounts are registered to that email address under the name Alexander Valerievich Grichishkin , from Cherepovets. Ika ), and Salomon (a.k.a.

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Hacker who disrupted Sony gaming gets a 27-months jail sentence

Security Affairs

Austin Thompson (23) from Utah, the hacker who carried out massive DDoS attacks on Sony, EA, and Steam gets a 27-months prison sentence. The hacker who brought offline with massive DDoS attacks online gaming networks between December 2013 and January 2014 has been sentenced to 27 months in prison. SecurityAffairs – Sony, DDoS).

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Anonymous Belgium hacker identified after dropping USB drive while throwing Molotov cocktail

Security Affairs

the police raided his house and investigated into his computer and electronic devices revealing a long cybercrime activity. The member of Anonymous was also involved in DDoS attacks against online banking system of the Crelan Bank that shut down the portal on numerous occasions.

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Attacks against game companies are up. But why?

SC Magazine

A young woman plays on the Electronic Arts (EA) newest product “Sims2 – Nightlife” at a Computer Gaming Convention on August 18, 2005 in Leipzig, Germany. That represents a 340% increase year-over-year, a 415% increase since 2018 and accounted for about 4% of the more than 6.3