14 DAY TRIAL // An unnamed company has been hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack that peaked at 100 Gbps. What’s interesting about this attack is that the cybercriminals had the 100 Gb bandwidth at their disposal, so they didn’t have to use any amplification techniques.
For instance, the DDOS attack that hit Spamhaus back in March 2013, considered the largest in history, peaked at around 120 Gbps, according to CloudFlare’s reports. However, in that case, it was a DNS amplification attack.
Incapsula, the company that helped the target in mitigating the threat, has told eWEEK that the attack lasted for nine hours.
Incapsula Co-Founder Marc Gaffan has refused to name the company, but he has clarified the fact that it’s part of an industry that’s constantly targeted. The expert has highlighted that the type of bandwidth used in this particular attack is not readily available and it’s not cheap.
Gaffan believes the cybercriminals gave up the attack after nine hours because they realized it could not break Incapsula’s protection.