LOS ANGELES – (INT) - The Justice Department Thursday announced the seizure of 15 internet domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services. Three defendants are alleged to have facilitated the computer attack platforms.

The sites, which offered what are often called “booter” or “stresser” services, allowed paying users to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attacks that flood targeted computers with information and prevent them from being able to access the internet.

Booter services allegedly cause attacks on a wide array of victims including financial institutions, universities, internet service providers, government systems, and various gaming platforms.csch

The action against the DDoS services comes just ahead of the Christmas holiday, which is historically plagued by prolific DDoS attacks in the gaming world.

Story Date: December 28, 2018