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Cloudflare mitigates record-breaking 22.2 Tbps DDoS attack

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Cloudflare mitigated a volumetric DDoS attack that peaked at 22.2 Tbps and 10.6 Bpps. The attack lasted 40 seconds and was the largest ever mitigated by the company. The attack volume was equivalent to streaming one million 4K videos simultaneously. The attack targeted network resources, aiming to make services slow or unavailable to legitimate users. Cloudflare has not disclosed details about the attack's origin or the targeted entity. The attack's packet rate made it difficult for firewalls, routers, and load balancers to process requests. The AISURU botnet, which has infected over 300,000 devices worldwide, was previously linked to an 11.5 Tbps DDoS attack. The botnet exploits vulnerabilities in various IoT devices and routers.

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  1. 23.09.2025 18:58 📰 1 articles · ⏱ 4h ago

    Cloudflare mitigates 22.2 Tbps DDoS attack

    Cloudflare mitigated a DDoS attack that peaked at 22.2 Tbps and 10.6 Bpps. The attack lasted 40 seconds and was the largest ever mitigated by the company. The attack volume was equivalent to streaming one million 4K videos simultaneously. The AISURU botnet, which has infected over 300,000 devices worldwide, was previously linked to an 11.5 Tbps DDoS attack. The botnet exploits vulnerabilities in various IoT devices and routers.

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