Mirai IoT botnet powers record 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack
A record 5.6 Tbps Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, powered by a Mirai botnet comprising over 13,000 compromised IoT devices, was launched last week. This ultra-short, hyper-volumetric attack lasted just 80 seconds, during which it spewed vast amounts of traffic at an internet service provider from Eastern Asia. Cloudflare says its autonomous, distributed defence systems successfully... Read more » The post Mirai IoT botnet powers record 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack appeared first on Internet of Things News.
A record 5.6 Tbps Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, powered by a Mirai botnet comprising over 13,000 compromised IoT devices, was launched last week. This ultra-short, hyper-volumetric attack lasted just 80 seconds, during which it spewed vast amounts of traffic at an internet service provider from Eastern Asia. Cloudflare says its autonomous, distributed defence systems successfully... Read more »
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