Law enforcement efforts worldwide working on ‘Operation Power Off’ have taken down the webstresser.org website, which police claim sold DDoS attacks, helping up to 136,000 registered users launch up to 4 million attacks worldwide. Four arrests … [Read more...] about World’s Biggest ‘DDoS-for-Hire Site’ – webstresser.org – is Taken Down
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Lizard Squad Member Offers DDoS-for-Hire and is Jailed
Lizard Squad member, Zachary Buchta, was sentenced to three months in prison last week for his role in a “hacker-for-hire” service. Buchta who is 20 pleaded guilty in December 2017 for one count of conspiracy to commit damage to protected … [Read more...] about Lizard Squad Member Offers DDoS-for-Hire and is Jailed
DD4BC, Its International Activities and Arrest
Earlier this year, Operation Pleaides, an international law enforcement effort, took down at least one main target in the cybercriminal group DD4BC (Distributed-Denial-of-Service for Bitcoin). A Europol January press release celebrated the “arrest … [Read more...] about DD4BC, Its International Activities and Arrest
Extortion DDoS Attack: The Lizard Squad’s Notorious Antics
In April 2017, Akamai wrote about a black hat hacker group called The Lizard Squad who were sending extortion letters to businesses, demanding payment in bitcoin to prevent a DDoS attack against their applications. These letters were sent to … [Read more...] about Extortion DDoS Attack: The Lizard Squad’s Notorious Antics