In late 2022 and subsequent operational waves, the FBI successfully , explicitly including prominent platforms like vbooter.org and quantumstress.net. The operations went beyond just seizing front-end websites:
Authorities seized the underlying user databases, exposing transaction histories, real IP logs, and targeted victims.
The terminal blow for vBooter and dozens of identical services came via coordinated international sweeps. Operation , an ongoing coalition featuring the FBI, Europol, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), and international police forces, systematically dismantled the infrastructure of the booter industry.