By the very nature of modern DDoS attacks, which often deploy large botnets dispersed over a large geographical area, it's difficult to pin the blame on any one mastermind. That said, last week a number of different countries collaborated in a Europol-supported effort designed to take criminal DDoS-for-hire infrastructure offline.
21 different countries in total now participate in Operation PowerOFF, which has been an ongoing effort since at least 2018. 75,000 users tied to the use of DDoS-for-hire services were sent warning emails and letters during the recent "coordinated action week" that began on April 13. 53 domains were also taken down, 25 search warrants were issued, and four people were ultimately arrested, according to Europol.
Europol's press release cl...
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