The Story of "I Accidentally Made Law Enforcement Shut Down Their Fake Honeypot"
In April 2026, a cybersecurity researcher, known as 'lina,' publicly detailed how they inadvertently caused an international law enforcement honeypot, designed to trap users of DDoS-for-hire services, to be abruptly shut down. The researcher identified the fake 'Cyberzap' website, part of 'Operation PowerOFF,' through tell-tale signs of its Dutch police operators and, upon investigation, observed the site being taken offline, presumably in response to their probing.