Microsoft Mitigates Record-Breaking 3.47 Tbps DDoS Attack

[Tsing]

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November was a memorable month for Microsoft’s Azure team, as the group had to contend with what is believed to be the largest distributed denial-of-service attack in history.



As detailed in an Azure blog post regarding DDoS attack trends in Q3 and Q4 2021, Microsoft encountered and successfully fended off a DDoS attack with a throughput of 3.47 Tbps and a packet rate of 340 million packets per second (pps) in November. The attack, which targeted an undisclosed customer in Asia, is “the largest attack ever reported in history,” according to Microsoft.

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“This was a distributed attack originating from approximately 10,000 sources and from multiple countries across the globe, including the United States, China...

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[Grimlakin]

Curious who in Asia would garner such attacks. Perhaps sites speaking out agaisnt China?

 

[Brian_B]

Obviously the anti-Activision crowd.

/s