Cloudflare Mitigates Largest Recorded DDoS Attack Originating from Mirai-Descended Botnets
What happened
Cloudflare autonomously mitigated the largest recorded Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in internet history, which originated from Mirai-descended botnets. The attack involved a UDP flood, absorbing 22.2 terabits per second and 10.6 billion packets per second in malicious traffic. This volume was more than double the size of the previous record, which was an 11.5 terabits per second UDP flood attack.
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Why it matters
The event highlights the extreme scale of modern cyber threats targeting internet infrastructure. Cloudflare's ability to absorb and mitigate such a massive attack underscores the critical need for advanced, automated security protocols in the digital economy.
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Who's involved
- CloudflareWeb infrastructure company that autonomously mitigated the massive cyberattack.
- MiraiBotnet type from which the cyberattacks originated.
Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.
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The need for advanced security infrastructure might increase operational costs for internet service providers.
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The entities involved
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Mirai
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Cloudflare
American internet infrastructure and website security company
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