800Gbps DDoS extortion attack hits gambling company
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05:31 PM
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks started strong this year, setting new records and taking the extortion trend that started last August to the next level.
Internet security services company Akamai has already dealt with the largest known ransom DDoS (RDDoS) attack, which was also more complex than previously seen incidents of the same type.
Bigger, more complex RDDoS
Akamai says that in February they dealt with “three of the six biggest volumetric DDoS attacks” the company has ever recorded.
Two of these were the largest known ransom DDoS attacks and the most recent of them peaked at 800Gbps; it targeted a gambling company in Europe and was also the most complex Akamai saw since extortion DDoS started.