[Back to the takedown index](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns) [Operation PowerOFF](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-poweroff) # PowerOFF eight-domain action (April 2026, USAO Alaska wave) April 2026, DDoS for hire Led by [United States Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/united-states-attorney-s-office-for-the-district-of-alaska) Corrected and source linked. Verified August 21, 2026. What was taken down? Eight domains seized.[[1]](#source-1)[[2]](#source-2) [See what happened](#what-happened) What happened to the people? No individual outcomes are recorded against this entry. Group accounted for: Not established [See people and accountability](#people) Did it stay down? Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry. [See what happened afterward](#afterward) ## What happened USAO Alaska and partner agencies seized eight domains as part of the recurring Operation PowerOFF campaign against DDoS-for-hire services.[[1]](#source-1)[[2]](#source-2) **Date:** April 2026 **Target:** Eight DDoS-for-hire booter domains, ddos for hire platform **Activity:** DDoS for hire **Operational lead:** USAO-AK **Jurisdiction:** Not established **Outcome:** Eight domains seized. **Status:** Completed **Legal mechanism:** Federal seizure warrants. **Group accounted for:** Not established ## People and accountability No individual is named against this entry in the cited record. That is a gap in what has been published rather than a finding that nobody was involved. Group accounted for: Not established The cited record does not say how large the group was or whether everyone involved has been identified. [See the organizations and roles behind this action](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/poweroff-eight-domain-action-april-2026-usao-alaska-wave/organizations) ## What happened afterward Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.[[1]](#source-1)[[2]](#source-2) ## Corrections to this record The re-verification pass changed 1 value on this record. What was there before is kept below so the change can be checked. | Field | Was | Now | Why it changed | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Record kind | incident | incident\_component | Reclassified to prevent double-counting the overlapping U.S. component and global April 2026 wave. [Europol statement on the April 2026 Operation PowerOFF wave](https://takedownindex.org/sources/europol-europol-statement-on-the-april-2026-operation-poweroff-wave), [PowerOFF: eight DDoS-for-hire domains seized](https://takedownindex.org/sources/usao-alaska-poweroff-eight-ddos-for-hire-domains-seized) | The value that was there before is kept so the change can be checked. [See these corrections in the full log](https://takedownindex.org/corrections?takedown=poweroff-eight-domain-action-april-2026-usao-alaska-wave). ## Sources Numbered markers throughout this entry link to the source that supports the claim beside them. ### What each part of this entry rests on The audit recorded which sources carry which part of the record. These are those sources. - Identity, dates and counts, [[1]](#source-1) [PowerOFF: eight DDoS-for-hire domains seized](https://takedownindex.org/sources/usao-alaska-poweroff-eight-ddos-for-hire-domains-seized) , [[2]](#source-2) [Europol statement on the April 2026 Operation PowerOFF wave](https://takedownindex.org/sources/europol-europol-statement-on-the-april-2026-operation-poweroff-wave) - Agencies and roles, [[1]](#source-1) [PowerOFF: eight DDoS-for-hire domains seized](https://takedownindex.org/sources/usao-alaska-poweroff-eight-ddos-for-hire-domains-seized) ### Official sources 1. [PowerOFF: eight DDoS-for-hire domains seized](https://takedownindex.org/sources/usao-alaska-poweroff-eight-ddos-for-hire-domains-seized) USAO Alaska, April 16, 2026, Source grade S2 Establishes an eight-domain PowerOFF seizure attributed to USAO Alaska in April 2026. [Open source](https://www.justice.gov/usao-ak/pr/us-authorities-conduct-cyber-operations-part-global-crackdown-ddos-hire-services) 2. [Europol statement on the April 2026 Operation PowerOFF wave](https://takedownindex.org/sources/europol-europol-statement-on-the-april-2026-operation-poweroff-wave) Europol, April 17, 2026, Source grade P2 53 domains seized, four arrests, 21 participating countries [Open source](https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-supported-global-operation-targets-over-75-000-users-engaged-in-ddos-attacks) Coverage note. This appears to be a distinct US-domestic wave reported alongside the larger 2026-04-13 Europol-coordinated 53-domain/21-country PowerOFF wave already recorded as td\_2026\_poweroff\_apr; recorded separately here pending confirmation of whether these are the same action reported with different domain counts by different sources or genuinely separate waves. Research context ## How this entry was checked Corrected and source linked Every claim traces to a source the audit opened and read, and the audit changed something on this record. Each edit is listed with the reason for it. Part of a larger action. The audit does not treat this as an independent incident, so it is not counted as one. Read it with the action it belongs to before citing either. The USAO Alaska eight-domain action was announced on the same date as the Europol 53-domain, 21-country wave and is described as part of Operation PowerOFF. It is retained as a U.S. component record, not counted as an independent global wave in deduplicated totals. [Operation PowerOFF April 2026 wave](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-poweroff-april-2026-wave) Verified: August 21, 2026 Sources cited: 2 Research cutoff: August 21, 2026 The audit changed 1 field on this entry. [See what changed](https://takedownindex.org/corrections?takedown=poweroff-eight-domain-action-april-2026-usao-alaska-wave) See also [About the Internet Takedown Index](https://takedownindex.org/about) Related entries - [Aisuru/KimWolf/JackSkid/Mossad IoT DDoS botnet disruption](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/aisuru-kimwolf-jackskid-mossad-iot-ddos-botnet-disruption) - [Operation PowerOFF April 2026 wave](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-poweroff-april-2026-wave) - [Operation PowerOFF December 2024 wave](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-poweroff-december-2024-wave) Report updates or corrections Help keep this record accurate. [Submit feedback](https://takedownindex.org/about/corrections-and-updates)