Polish Law Enforcement Officers Arrest Two Suspects in DDoS Attack Service

Polish law enforcement officers have detained two suspects as part of Operation PowerOFF, an international operation to combat DDoS infrastructures around the world. The suspects are allegedly involved in the work of an unnamed service for hire DDoS attacks, which has been active since at least 2013.

The arrests are part of a larger effort to take down DDoS infrastructures around the world. Last year, American law enforcement officers closed 48 sites used to organize DDoS attacks for hire, and in May 2023, another 13 domains were confiscated.

Suspects Arrested and Searches Conducted

Polish police reportedly arrested two people and conducted a dozen searches, which helped gather valuable data from the criminals’ server located in Switzerland. Evidence collected from the suspects’ servers revealed that the service had more than 35,000 registered users, and more than 320,000 unique IP addresses were linked to DDoS attacks for hire.

Payment Records and Malicious Domain Found

In addition, the police found about 11,000 records of paid attacks with corresponding customer email addresses. In total, customers of the service paid about $400,000 for DDoS, and about 1,000 records indicate attacks worth about $44,000.

Polish police also say they have found strong evidence of the use and management of a malicious domain on a computer belonging to one of the suspects.

Operation PowerOFF is an ongoing effort to take down DDoS infrastructures around the world. The arrests of the two suspects in Poland is a major step forward in the fight against DDoS attacks for hire.