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This platform, active since at least 2022, had over 566,000 registered users and was used to launch hundreds of thousands of attacks. 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With over 566,000 registered users and hundreds of thousands of attacks launched, the platform demonstrates how cybercrime-as-a-service ecosystems can scale rapidly and cause widespread harm before law enforcement can act. Organizations that were victims of these attacks often had little visibility into why they were targeted or how to attribute the source. 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