Cloudflare announced that it blocked the largest DDoS attack ever.
The group of attacks peaked at 71 million requests per second.
- Cloudflare claims that a threat actor launched a dozen attacks, which averaged 50 million requests per second.
- This campaign was launched by over 30,000 different IP addresses and targeted a gaming provider, several cryptocurrency companies, hosting providers, and cloud computing platforms.
- The largest attack surpasses the previous record of 46 million RPS, which happened in June 2022.
- The company claims that the amount of HTTP DDoS attacks in 2022 increased by 79% compared to 2021, and it expects this trend to continue due to the relative ease with which hackers can launch this type of attack.
- The number of attacks lasting more than three hours increased by 87% QoQ.
- Cloudflare added that it will continue to provide free DDoS attack protection for its clients.
