Cloudflare Crushes Record-Breaking DDoS Attack: 7.3 Tbps of Internet Mayhem!
Cloudflare just stopped the internet equivalent of an angry mob! The largest DDoS attack ever recorded, peaking at a whopping 7.3 Tbps, was thwarted. Apparently, the internet is a dangerous place for hosting providers. So, next time your Wi-Fi acts up, remember, it could be dodging digital cannonballs!
Hot Take:
Holy bandwidth, Batman! Cloudflare just played digital whack-a-mole with the biggest DDoS attack ever recorded, clocking in at a staggering 7.3 terabits per second. Talk about an internet traffic jam! It’s like trying to fit the entire contents of the Library of Congress through a garden hose. But no worries, Cloudflare’s got this, turning massive cyber chaos into just another day at the office. Who knew battling botnets could be so exhilarating?
Key Points:
- Cloudflare blocked the largest recorded DDoS attack, peaking at 7.3 Tbps.
- The attack targeted an unnamed hosting provider with 37.4 terabytes in 45 seconds.
- The assault was a multi-vector DDoS attack, with UDP flood making up 99.996% of the traffic.
- The attack originated from 122,145 source IPs across 161 countries.
- RapperBot, a notorious DDoS botnet, is now extorting victims for “protection fees.”