Cybersecurity Policy Report, DDoS-for-Hire Services Disrupted by International Operation, (Apr 17, 2026)
Law enforcement agencies from 21 countries joined forces this week to disrupt distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)-for-hire services, according to Europol (the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation).
“With over 75 000 warning emails and letters being sent to identified criminal users and 4 arrests, the action … also led to the takedown of 53 domains and the issuing of 25 search warrants,” Europol said yesterday in a news release.
“DDoS-for-hire is one of the most prolific and easily accessible trends in cybercrime, enabling individuals with little technical knowledge to follow step-by-step tutorials to execute criminal attacks. These attacks inflict significant harm on businesses and individuals across the globe by targeting servers, websites, or online services and making them inaccessible to legitimate users,” Europol explained.
Participating countries included Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.
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