European police email 75,000 people asking them to stop DDoS attacks

Europol's Operation PowerOFF sent warning notices to 75,000 users of DDoS-for-hire services, signaling heightened law enforcement focus on easily accessible cyber-attack tools that enable non-technical actors to disrupt business operations. The coordinated action resulted in 53 domain takedowns and four arrests, demonstrating that authorities are now actively pursuing both DDoS service providers and their customers. This operation underscores the continuing business risk from DDoS attacks, which remain prevalent due to low barriers to entry, with recent attacks reaching record levels of 29.7 terabits per second.