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European police email 75,000 people asking them to stop DDoS attacks | TechCrunch

  • Lorenzo Franceschi-bicchierai--TechCrunch
  • published date: 2026-04-16 18:55:49 UTC

Europol coordinated an operation against for-hire distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) services, including the arrest of four people and the takedown of 53 domains.

A coalition of global law enforcement agencies have sent emails to more than 75,000 alleged cybercriminals who paid for a service to launch cyberattacks that can knock websites offline. On Thursday,… [+1145 chars]