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 PowerOFF. Renting a DDoS attack used to be as easy as renting a movie. Pick a target, pay a few dollars, watch the site go dark. The Justice Department just made that a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2026
Renting a DDoS attack used to be as easy as renting a movie. Pick a target, pay a few dollars, watch the site go dark. The Justice Department just made that a little harder by seizing the domains behind NightmareStresser, one of the longest-running services in that business.
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