Website servers used for cyber attacks seized.

The BBC is reporting that a website used for launching cyber attacks has been seized by law enforcement agencies and taken off line

The operation, which involved the UK’s National Crime Agency, blocked Webstresser.org – which allows criminals to buy attacks on businesses…

…Over the last two days, seven suspected members of the group behind webstresser.org were arrested or subject to searches in the Netherlands, Serbia, Croatia and Canada, with support from Police Scotland, Europol and US authorities.

On Wednesday morning, Dutch police completed the operation by identifying the location of the website’s servers and seizing them, replacing the site with a page announcing that law enforcement agencies had taken the service offline…

Jo Goodall, the lead investigator in the operation for the National Crime Agency, said: “Cyber-crime by default is a threat that crosses borders. The arrests made over the past two days show that the internet does not provide bulletproof anonymity to offenders and we expect to identify further suspects linked to the site in the coming weeks and months.

“We have seen how cyber-attacks have real-world consequences resulting in actual physical harm, as well as causing reputational and financial damage to businesses of all sizes.”

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