US takes down NightmareStresser DDoS-for-hire platform

NightmareStresser group responsible for thousands of DDOS attacks has domains seized in major operation

Two domains seized by the DoJ but the infrastructure remains intact.

Authorities seize popular, long-running DDoS-for-hire service domains

Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and RCMP, seized domains for NightmareStresser, a prolific DDoS-for-hire operation linked to hundreds of thousands of attacks.

US takes down NightmareStresser DDoS-for-hire platform

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized the domains used by NightmareStresser, one of the world's longest-running distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) platforms. [...]

FBI Takes Down NightmareStresser DDoS Service Used in Hundreds of Thousands of Attacks

The FBI has seized domains supporting NightmareStresser, disrupting one of the world’s longest-running DDoS-for-hire operations. The court-authorized action targets a service that allegedly enabled paying customers to overwhelm online services with malicious traffic, cutting off legitimate users. According to a seizure-warrant affidavit cited by the U.S. Department of Justice, NightmareStresser was used to launch hundreds […]

NightmareStresser Goes Offline in Global DDoS-for-Hire Crackdown

The DOJ seized domains behind NightmareStresser, a DDoS-for-hire service tied to hundreds of thousands of attacks since 2022, as part of Operation… Read more →