Furthermore, 27 booter and stresser sites have been shut down, including zdstresser.net, orbitalstress.net, and starkstresser.net.
According to Europol, these sites enabled cybercriminals and hacktivists to flood targets with illegal traffic as part of DDoS attacks aimed economic sabotage, financial gain, and ideological statements.
Europol also noted that the holiday 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.”
