News report

# Four arrested in latest 'PowerOFF' DDoS-for-hire takedown

The Record (Recorded Future News), April 17, 2026. The U.S. Justice Department's infrastructure-seizing role in the April 2026 PowerOFF wave: a separate court-authorized seizure of eight sites, including 'Vac Stresser' and 'Mythical Stress', alongside the European action..

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** April 17, 2026

**Research grade:** S1

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** The Record (Recorded Future News)

**Published:** April 17, 2026

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://therecord.media/ddos-hire-europol-doj-crackdown](https://therecord.media/ddos-hire-europol-doj-crackdown)

**What it supports:** The U.S. Justice Department's infrastructure-seizing role in the April 2026 PowerOFF wave: a separate court-authorized seizure of eight sites, including 'Vac Stresser' and 'Mythical Stress', alongside the European action.

**Dataset id:** src\_therecord\_poweroff\_four\_arrested\_2026

## Research notes

- By Jonathan Greig.

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

### Organization roles

1 citation

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

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[United States Department of Justice](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-poweroff-april-2026-wave)

Infrastructure seizure, Operation PowerOFF April 2026 wave

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