Europol, FBI arrest dozens over DDoS-related offenses in joint effort
Europol announced that 34 individuals who paid for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) services have been arrested. The organization’s European Cybercrime Center collaborated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and law enforcement agencies from a swath of other countries to carry out the operation.
Representatives from Australia, Belgium, France, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States teamed up to carry out the crackdown. As well as the 34 individuals who were arrested, 100 more were questioned and cautioned between December 5 and Friday, according to a report published on security expert Graham Cluley’s website.
