Record DDoS pummels site with once-unimaginable 7.3Tbps of junk traffic
10 months ago
- #Cybersecurity
- #UDP
- #DDoS
- Largest DDoS attack reported at 7.3 terabits per second, hitting a target with 37.4 terabytes of junk traffic in 45 seconds.
- Attackers 'carpet bombed' an average of nearly 22,000 destination ports of a single IP address, targeting a total of 34,500 ports.
- Majority of the attack used User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packets, which do not require a handshake, making it easier to flood the target.
- UDP flood attacks overwhelm the target by sending high volumes of packets, saturating the Internet link or internal resources.
- The target system is forced to respond to unreachable ports, eventually buckling under the strain and denying legitimate traffic.