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This mega DDoS attack broke all records – huge 37.4TB bombardment in 45 seconds against a single victim is the largest ever recorded

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  • Huge 38TB DDoS attack targeted a hosting provider
  • Cloudflare’s DDoS protection kicked in and blocked the attack
  • This was the largest DDoS attack ever recorded

Distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks usually use a network of compromised devices to bombard a server with an unusually large amount of data in order to render a service unusable.

But Cloudflare says it recently blocked a monumental DDoS attack which attempted to dump almost 38TB worth of data in just 45 seconds – making it the largest such attack in history.

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