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Sudanese Brothers Arrested in ‘AnonSudan’ Takedown

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AnonSudan ), a cybercrime business known for launching powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a range of targets, including dozens of hospitals, news websites and cloud providers. AnonSudan claimed credit for successful DDoS attacks on numerous U.S. 2023), and OpenAI (Nov. A statement by the U.S.

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UK Sets Up Fake Booter Sites To Muddy DDoS Market

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The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has been busy setting up phony DDoS-for-hire websites that seek to collect information on users, remind them that launching DDoS attacks is illegal, and generally increase the level of paranoia for people looking to hire such services. In mid-December 2022, the U.S.

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Operation PowerOFF took down 27 DDoS platforms across 15 countries

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Operation PowerOFF took down 27 DDoS stresser services globally, disrupting illegal platforms used for launching cyberattacks. “Law enforcement agencies worldwide have disrupted a holiday tradition for cybercriminals: launching Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks to take websites offline. .

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Dutch police dismantled dual dark web market ‘Bohemia/Cannabia’

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Dutch police dismantled Bohemia/Cannabia, two major dark web markets for illegal goods, drugs, and cybercrime services. It is the largest and longest running international dark web market of all time worldwide.” ” reads the announcement published by Polite.

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Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict for DDoS-for-Hire Boss

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man charged in 2018 with operating two online services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Internet users and websites. with operating two DDoS-for-hire or “booter” services — downthem[.]org Charles, Ill. The user interface for Downthem[.]org.

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Owners of DDoS-for-Hire Service vDOS Get 6 Months Community Service

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The co-owners of vDOS , a now-defunct service that for four years helped paying customers launch more than two million distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that knocked countless Internet users and websites offline, each have been sentenced to six months of community service by an Israeli court. vDOS as it existed on Sept.

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Polish authorities arrested 4 people behind DDoS-for-hire platforms

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Polish police arrested 4 people behind DDoS-for-hire platforms used in global attacks, offering takedowns for as little as 10 via six stresser services. “ Stresser/booter services are online platforms that offer Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks as a paid service. that allowed its customers to launch DDoS attacks.

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