Cloudflare blocked multi-vector DDoS attack that peaked at almost 2 Tbps

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Cloudflare blocked multi-vector DDoS attack that peaked at almost 2 Tbps
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Cloudflare blocked multi-vector DDoS attack that peaked at almost 2 Tbps

Attack was launched from 15,000 bots running Mirai malware on compromised Internet of Things (IoT) devices and unpatched GitLab instances

Web security provider Cloudflare said it mitigated a multi-vector, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at almost 2 terabytes per second (Tbps) - the largest attack the company h...

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