Security News > 2023 > May > U.S. Authorities Seize 13 Domains Offering Criminal DDoS-for-Hire Services

U.S. authorities have announced the seizure of 13 internet domains that offered DDoS-for-hire services to other criminal actors.

The development comes almost five months after a "Sweep" in December 2022 dismantled 48 similar services for abetting paying users to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks against targets of interest.

Ten of the 13 illicit domains seized are "Reincarnations" of booter or stresser services that were previously shuttered towards the end of last year.

"In recent years, booter services have continued to proliferate, as they offer a low barrier to entry for users looking to engage in cybercriminal activity," DoJ said in a press release on Monday.

"In addition to harming victims by disrupting or degrading access to the internet, attacks from booter services can also completely sever internet connections for other customers served by the same internet service provider via a shared connection point."

Parallel to the domain seizures, the DoJ also said that four of the six individuals who were charged in December 2022 in connection with operating the services have entered into a guilty plea.

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