FBI Takedown of Botnet Sparks Digital Arms Race Among Hackers

KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS – Krebs on Security

The Feds Destroyed an Internet Weapon, but Criminals Picked Up the Pieces

Botnets, massive networks of hacked devices, are being used for dangerous attacks, one of which recently set a world record

Cloudflare Thwarts Record 11.5 Tbps DDoS Attack on Labor Day 2025

Over the Labor Day weekend in 2025, Cloudflare Inc., a leading internet security and performance company, thwarted what it claims is the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever recorded, peaking at a staggering 11.5 terabits per second (Tbps). This assault, which lasted just 35 seconds, targeted an unnamed customer in the hosting sector and was nearly 60% larger than the previous record of 7.3 Tbps that Cloudflare mitigated earl…

Cloudflare Mitigates Largest Ever Recorded DDoS Attack at 11.5 Tbps

Cloudflare mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever recorded, an 11.5 Tbps flood that lasted 35 seconds without disrupting online services.

Cloudflare blocks another largest recorded DDoS attack - this time, peaking at 11.5 Tbps

Just a few months after the last one, Cloudflare blocks another record-breaker, peaking at 11.5 Tbps and 5.1 Bpps.

Cloudflare stops new world's largest DDoS attack over Labor Day weekend

This record-smashing DDoS attack was almost 60% larger than the previous largest attack.