Memcached Amplification Attack Breaks New DDoS Record At 1.7 Tb/s

[Lucian Armasu]

Arbor Networks, a DDoS protection firm, recorded a new record-breaking 1.7 Tb/s DDoS attack, surpassing last week's 1.3 Tb/s attack. The new attack also exploited the recently discovered memcached server vulnerability.

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[kuhndj67]

Must really suck when you put together a truly epic attack and your target soaks it up without effect.

 

[anbello262]

Must really suck when you put together a truly epic attack and your target soaks it up without effect.

Unless you work for Cloudfare
*tinfoil hat*

 

[jaber2]

"targeted an unnamed U.S.-based service provider, which seems to have been able to fully mitigate it without any interruption to its services."
I wonder who

 

[bit_user]

I wonder how much electricity this is wasting...