News report # Operation PowerOFF Seizes 53 DDoS Domains, Exposes 3 Million Criminal Accounts The Hacker News, April 17, 2026. The April 2026 Operation PowerOFF wave: 53 domains seized across 21 participating countries; the U.S. Department of Justice separately seizing eight DDoS-for-hire domains including Vac Stresser and Mythical Stress; 25 search warrants; and access obtained to databases holding over 3 million criminal user accounts covering more than 75,000 cybercriminals.. **Source type:** News report **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Research grade:** S2 **Used in entries:** 1 ## Bibliographic record **Publisher:** The Hacker News **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Source type:** News report **Research grade:** Source grade S2 **Language:** English **Official record:** Not an official publication **Address:** [https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/operation-poweroff-seizes-53-ddos.html](https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/operation-poweroff-seizes-53-ddos.html) **What it supports:** The April 2026 Operation PowerOFF wave: 53 domains seized across 21 participating countries; the U.S. Department of Justice separately seizing eight DDoS-for-hire domains including Vac Stresser and Mythical Stress; 25 search warrants; and access obtained to databases holding over 3 million criminal user accounts covering more than 75,000 cybercriminals. **Dataset id:** src\_thehackernews\_poweroff\_apr2026 ## Research notes - Byline: Ravie Lakshmanan. - The article states 21 participating countries but the enumerated list on the page names 20; the discrepancy is on the page, not introduced here. How this source is used Cited 1 time across 1 record type. The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards. Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here. ## Cited by ### Takedown records 1 citation Cited on the takedown record itself. - [Operation PowerOFF April 2026 wave](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-poweroff-april-2026-wave) DDoS for hire, April 2026 Supporting source [All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)