News report

# Europol Dismantles 27 DDoS Attack Platforms Across 15 Nations; Admins Arrested

The Hacker News, December 12, 2024. Geographic scope of the December 2024 Operation PowerOFF wave: the 15 participating countries, and the arrest of three administrators in France and Germany..

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** December 12, 2024

**Research grade:** S2

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** The Hacker News

**Published:** December 12, 2024

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/europol-dismantles-27-ddos-attack.html](https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/europol-dismantles-27-ddos-attack.html)

**What it supports:** Geographic scope of the December 2024 Operation PowerOFF wave: the 15 participating countries, and the arrest of three administrators in France and Germany.

**Dataset id:** src\_thehackernews\_poweroff\_27\_platforms\_2024

## Research notes

- By Ravie Lakshmanan.

How this source is used

Cited 1 time across 1 record type.

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## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[Operation PowerOFF December 2024 wave](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-poweroff-december-2024-wave)

DDoS for hire, Date not established

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