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.
Mirai Botnet Launches Record 5.6 Tbps DDoS Attack with 13,000+ IoT Devices
Cloudflare blocked a 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack from a Mirai botnet, with 1+ Tbps attacks surging 1,885% in Q4 2024.
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.
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).
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.
Cloudflare handles record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack
The largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack peaked at 5.6 terabits per second and was carried out by a Mirai-based botnet with 13,000 infected
Botnet Unleashes Record-Breaking 5.6Tbps DDoS Attack
Cloudflare says the attack against an East Asian ISP came from 13,000 devices infected with a variant of the notorious Mirai malware.
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