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Original article: https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-cloudflare-auto-mitigated-world-record-3-8-tbps-ddos-attack/
Diagram of a Layer 3/4 DDoS attack, showing how it can overwhelm a data center.
Attack Details
Duration: A month-long campaign (starting in early September 2024)
Type: Hyper-volumetric Layer 3/4 DDoS attacks
Number of Attacks: Over 100
Peak Bitrate: 3.8 Tbps (terabits per second) – the largest ever disclosed publicly.
Peak Packets Per Second: > 2 billion packets per second in many instances.
Attack Vector: Predominantly leveraged UDP on a fixed port.
Origin: Across the globe, with larger portions originating from Vietnam, Russia, Brazil, Spain, and the US.
Compromised Devices: MikroTik devices, DVRs, Web servers, and a large number of ASUS home routers.
A world map showing the percentage of packets observed by source country, highlighting the global nature of the attack.
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