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DDoS Attacks Go Down 60pc Following WebStresser's Takedown
Several law enforcement agencies across Europe, under Europol co-ordination, seized servers, arrested suspects, and shut down the website
It was reported that DDoS attacks fell 60 percent across Europe following the takedown of WebStresser, the largest DDoS-for-hire portal on the market.
The service was taken down on April 24, when several law enforcement agencies across Europe, under Europol co-ordination, seized servers, arrested suspects, and shut down the website WebStresser.org, a popular portal where Internet users would go to register, pay for accounts, and launch DDoS attacks against other websites.
Andrew Lloyd, President, Corero Network Security, said: “We’re skeptical about the Link11 conclusions. Given the volume of attacks, we seriously doubt that Webstresser.org was responsible for 60 percent of all the attacks in Europe. It is possible that Webstresser made disproportionate use of Link11’s circuits.
“Our own evidence is that attack volumes globally and in Europe have, if anything, increased in the week since the Europol take-down action."
