Record-Breaking DDoS Cyberattack Reaches 5.6 Tbps, Cloudflare Reports
Cloudflare has mitigated the biggest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on record. Here's what you need to know.
Cloudflare mitigated a record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack
The largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to date peaked at 5.6 terabits per second and came from a Mirai-based botnet with 13,000 compromised devices.
World's largest DDoS attack blocked, Cloudflare claims
Cloudflare says it blocked a 5.6Tbps DDoS attack in October 2024 The attack came from a Mirai botnet It included 13,000 IPs, and lasted 80 seconds Cloudflare has claimed it recently blocked the largest Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack ever recorded.
Largest DDoS attacks now torture servers with up to 5.6 Tbps
Cloudflare saw the number of distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks surge by 53% in 2024. One record-breaking DDoS attack peaked at 5.6 Terabits per second (Tbps).
Record-Breaking DDoS Attack Reached 5.6 Tbps
Cloudflare saw a 53% increase in DDoS attack frequency last year, when it blocked a record-breaking 5.6 Tbps attack.
Cloudflare claims to have mitigated biggest DDoS attack on record with requests flying in from 5,500 IP addresses per second
DDoS attacks have only gotten more sophisticated as time goes on. An increasingly popular tactic among bad actors is to hit hard and fast in what are described as 'hypervolumetric' attacks. For instance,
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