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Law enforcement takes down 'DDoS-for-Hire' sites in Operation PowerOFF
Europol leads 15-nation effort to neutralize attacks before the Christmas holidays go into full swing.
“The festive season has long been a peak period for hackers to carry out some of their most disruptive DDoS attacks, causing severe financial loss, reputational damage and operational chaos for their victims,” said a Europol press release. Europol’s takedown of 27 DDoS-for-hire platforms as part of "Operation PowerOFF" is certainly a commendable achievement for law enforcement agencies, said Tom Hegel, principal threat researcher at SentinelLabs. Sarah Jones, cyber threat intelligence research analyst at Critical Start, said law enforcement's commitment to combating cybercrime is evident in the recent coordinated takedown of DDoS attack platforms.
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