Largest DoS attack in EU mounted

Stefan Mileschin · 12th February 2014, 07:47

A content delivery network provider was hit by what is claimed to be the world's largest denial of service attack yesterday.

The hackers used a Network Time Protocol (NTP) Reflection attack which exploits a flaw in the way that the world wide wibble works to greatly amplify small and ineffective assaults.

The attack targeted CloudFlare which is supposed to protect sites and providers from DoS attacks. It is unclear how many websites and users were affected, although at least one French networking host reported a 350Gbps DDoS attack during the assault.

CloudFlare chief executive Matthew Prince said the attack tipped 400Gbps, 100Gbps larger than the previous record DDoS attack which used DNS reflective amplification.

Prince said on Twitter "someone's got a big, new cannon" and the attack was the "start of ugly things to come".

http://news.techeye.net/business/lar...-in-eu-mounted

12th February 2014, 07:47	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,462	Largest DoS attack in EU mounted A content delivery network provider was hit by what is claimed to be the world's largest denial of service attack yesterday. The hackers used a Network Time Protocol (NTP) Reflection attack which exploits a flaw in the way that the world wide wibble works to greatly amplify small and ineffective assaults. The attack targeted CloudFlare which is supposed to protect sites and providers from DoS attacks. It is unclear how many websites and users were affected, although at least one French networking host reported a 350Gbps DDoS attack during the assault. CloudFlare chief executive Matthew Prince said the attack tipped 400Gbps, 100Gbps larger than the previous record DDoS attack which used DNS reflective amplification. Prince said on Twitter "someone's got a big, new cannon" and the attack was the "start of ugly things to come". http://news.techeye.net/business/lar...-in-eu-mounted

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