Largest publicly known DDoS attack mitigated

A month-long campaign of over a hundred level three and four hypervolumetric DDoS attacks was repelled, with many exceeding two billion packets per second (Bpps) and three terabits per second (Tbps).

According to Cloudflare, the largest attack peaked at 3.8 Tbps – the largest ever publicly disclosed. Specifically, the DDoS attacks were directed against, among others, several customers from the financial services, Internet and telecommunications industries.

The goal of this attack campaign was to saturate bandwidth in September and exhaust inline applications and devices.

Written by

Dan Raywood
Senior Editor
SC Media UK

Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with more than 20 years of experience, including the last 16 years in cybersecurity. He has extensively covered topics ranging from advanced persistent threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.

He has spoken at events such as 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Conference, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and ESET Security Days.

Outside of work, Dan enjoys supporting Tottenham Hotspur, managing mischievous cats and sampling craft beers.