Mega DDoS attacks on the increase, warns Akamai

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The number of DDoS attacks hasn't risen - but their size and severity has

Akamai, the content delivery company responsible for as much as 30 per cent of all web traffic, has warned that the number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) "mega attacks" is on the increase....

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