U.S. Seizes Nightmare Stresser Domains Linked to Hundreds of Thousands of DDoS Attacks
Summary: The U.S. Department of Justice announced the court-authorized seizure of two domains, nightmare-stresser[.]com and nightmarestresser[.]org, tied to the DDoS-for-hire service NightmareStresser, with a seizure banner crediting the FBI, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The DoJ assesses NightmareStresser was used to launch hundreds of thousands of actual or attempted DDoS attacks since 2022 against educational institutions, government agencies, gaming platforms, and millions of people, and a late 2023 Searchlight Cyber report counted more than 566,000 registered users and 52 servers.
Why it matters: A booter with over 566,000 registered users and 52 servers was selling Layer 4 and Layer 7 floods, CAPTCHA and rate-limit bypasses, and cryptocurrency payment, and this is the second time a NightmareStresser domain has been seized after the 2022 takedown of 48 domains.
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