Cyber Intelligence

US takes down NightmareStresser DDoS-for-hire platform

Medium Severity Americas United States
Date Occurred Sep 17, 2026 11:33 UTC
Event Type Cyber Intelligence
Source BleepingComputer
Recorded Sep 17, 2026
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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized the domains used by NightmareStresser, one of the world's longest-running distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) platforms. [...]

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-seizes-nightmarestresser-service-linked-to-thousands-of-ddos-attacks/
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Event Metadata
  • ID #32308
  • Type Cyber Intelligence
  • Region Americas
  • Severity Medium
  • Indexed Sep 17, 2026
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