Cloudflare blocks record attack of 22.2 Tbps

"Cloudflare has once again successfully defended against a record-breaking DDoS attack. The security company reports that the attack had a peak load of 22.2 terabits per second (Tbps) and 10.6 billion packets per second (Bpps). According to BleepingComputer, this makes it the largest attack publicly disclosed to date. The attack lasted only 40 seconds, but the volume of traffic was enormous. According to Cloudflare, it was equivalent to simultaneously streaming a million 4K videos or 1.3 web page refreshes per second."

"A striking aspect of the recent attack is that Cloudflare was able to mitigate it completely automatically. The system detected the attack and responded without the need for human intervention. This underlines the importance of automated protection against hyper-volumetric attacks, which are often short but very intense. The short duration fits in with the tactic known as "hit-and-run." This involves attempting to cause as much damage as possible in the limited time that the attack lasts, before defenders can respond manually."

Cloudflare defended against a DDoS attack that peaked at 22.2 terabits per second and 10.6 billion packets per second, lasting 40 seconds. The traffic volume equated to streaming a million 4K videos or 1.3 web page refreshes per second. Recent months show increasing scale and frequency of such attacks, with previous mitigations at 11.5 Tbps/5.1 Bpps and 7.3 Tbps. The mitigation was fully automated, with detection and response occurring without human intervention. The short 40‑second duration matches 'hit‑and‑run' tactics that maximize impact before manual response. No specific actor or botnet attribution has been confirmed.

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