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DDoS-for-hire service provider jailed

June 20, 2022 admin ampnode, cybercrime, ddos-for-hire, downthem, juan "severon" martinez, matthew gatrel

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:59:17 +0000

Matthew Gatrel has been found guilty of three counts of computer-related crime. His partner in crime, Juan “Severon” Martinez, pleaded guilty before the trial.

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“Downthem” DDoS-for-Hire Boss Gets 2 Years in Prison

June 13, 2022 admin ampnode, booter, ddos-for-hire, downthem, juan "severon" martinez, matthew gatrel, Ne'er-Do-Well News, stresser

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 00:09:09 +0000

A 33-year-old Illinois man was sentenced to two years in prison today following his conviction last year for operating services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against hundreds of thousands of Internet users and websites.