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Ars Technica: Record DDoS pummels site with once-unimaginable 7.3Tbps of junk traffic. “Large-scale attacks designed to bring down Internet services by sending them more traffic than they can process keep getting bigger, with the largest one yet, measured at 7.3 terabits per second, being reported Friday by Internet security and performance provider Cloudflare.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/22/ars-technica-record-ddos-pummels-site-with-once-unimaginable-7-3tbps-of-junk-traffic/

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Krebs on Security: KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS. “KrebsOnSecurity last week was hit by a near record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that clocked in at more than 6.3 terabits of data per second (a terabit is one trillion bits of data). The brief attack appears to have been a test run for a massive new Internet of Things (IoT) botnet capable of launching […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/krebs-on-security-krebsonsecurity-hit-with-near-record-6-3-tbps-ddos/

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ZDNet: X outages reportedly caused by massive cyberattack. “Social media platform X was reportedly hit by a massive cyberattack on Monday, causing intermittent outages. While owner Elon Musk has cited the attack as the cause, a hacking group known as Dark Storm Team has claimed responsibility.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/11/zdnet-x-outages-reportedly-caused-by-massive-cyberattack/

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Ars Technica: Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes. “A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams and video recorders—with the largest concentration in the US—has been delivering what is likely to be the biggest denial-of-service attack ever seen, a security researcher inside Nokia said.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/08/ars-technica-massive-botnet-that-appeared-overnight-is-delivering-record-size-ddoses/

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#Ukraines intelligence services carried out a week-long #cyberattack one of the biggest #ddosattacks in history, on Russian infrastructure.

The attack seized confidential data and disrupted services in all major #Russian banks, in addition to other critical services.

newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukrain

RBC-Ukraine · Ukraine's intelligence completes major cyberattack on Russian financial sectorBy Yuliia Akymova
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We're #StillWaiting for a #Rainbow to #ShowUp; but, while we're #Waiting...

I #Notice that #DearMicrosoft is coming #UnderFire for the recent #DDoSAttacks in the last few days, and #ITs #Response has been #LessThanGreat; but, #DontForget...

#IT's #TheHackers causing the #Problem; when you're #TheSizeAndScale of a #MicrosoftOperation more can be done, #ForSure. #IF you don't want to use #MSSystems; use #SomethingElse, and try not to get #HackedOff too much with them.

They're #OnlyMachines