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Operation PowerOFF

# Organizations and roles

December 2022, DDoS for hire
[Operation PowerOFF December 2022 wave](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-poweroff-december-2022-wave)

Last reviewed August 21, 2026

The public record puts 3 organizations on this action. Operational lead: FBI. The table lists the role the cited record assigns each one, in the record's own wording where it gives any.

## Why this page names organizations only

Roles on this page describe the agencies that took part. Individuals named in the public record appear on the takedown entry itself, under People and accountability.

## Organizations and roles

| Emblem | Organization | Role | What the record says |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | [Federal Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/federal-bureau-of-investigation), United States | Operational lead | Seized the 48 domains and led the US investigation. |
| | [European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/european-union-agency-for-law-enforcement-cooperation) | Coordinator | Coordinated the international component. |
| | [United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/united-states-attorney-s-office-for-the-central-district-of-california), United States | Charging | Filed charges against US-based defendants. |

## Accountability

### Legal authority

US seizure warrants and criminal complaints (Central District of California and District of Alaska); Europol coordination

### Ongoing investigation

Group accounted for: Partial. Six defendants were charged against 48 seized services, so most operators were not publicly accounted for.

This page records organizational involvement as the cited sources state it. Where a role carries no description, the record gives none.

Last reviewed August 21, 2026