Europol Just Warned 75,000 People They're Under Investigation for DDoS Attacks — Here's How the Whole Criminal Industry Works
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Discussion of the blog article Europol Just Warned 75,000 People They're Under Investigation for DDoS Attacks — Here's How the Whole Criminal Industry Works.
On April 13, 2026, law enforcement from 21 countries seized 53 domains, arrested 4 people, and sent 75,000 warning emails to identified users of DDoS-for-hire platforms. They found 3 million criminal user accounts on seized servers. Operation PowerOFF has been running since 2018.
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