GitHub targeted by 1.3 Tbps DDoS attack using Linux feature never intended to be exposed to the internet
The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack targeting Github last week, which at its peak involved 1.3 terabits per second (Tbps) of traffic, has been attributed to the exploitation of a feature that...
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