Security News > 2023 > May > FBI seizes 13 more domains linked to DDoS-for-hire services
The U.S. Justice Department announced today the seizure of 13 more domains linked to DDoS-for-hire platforms, also known as 'booter' or 'stressor' services.
"As part of an ongoing initiative targeting computer attack 'booter' services, the Justice Department today announced the court-authorized seizure of 13 internet domains associated with these DDoS-for-hire services," the Department of Justice said.
"Ten of the 13 domains seized today are reincarnations of services that were seized during a prior sweep in December, which targeted 48 top booter services," the DOJ said.
The complete list of domains taken down this week by the FBI and previously seized domains linked to the same operations is embedded below.
According to the affidavit, the FBI tested the booter services whose domains were seized by opening or renewing accounts with each of them and assessed the effects on target computers via DDoS attacks launched on computers controlled by the agency.
"The FBI tested each of services associated with the SUBJECT DOMAINS, meaning that agents or other personnel visited each of the websites and either used previous login information or registered a new account on the service to conduct attacks," FBI Special Agent Elliott Peterson said.