The Worlds Largest DDos Attack 3.8 Tbps

Cloudflare automatically mitigated the largest publicly disclosed DDoS attack, peaking at 3.8 terabits per second. The attack was part of a month-long campaign targeting bandwidth and resource exhaustion, leveraging a network of compromised devices globally. Cloudflare's defenses, utilizing techniques like anycast and ebpf, operated autonomously to protect their customers, showcasing their significant network capacity and advanced DDoS protection capabilities. The piece also criticizes the proliferation of IoT devices contributing to such vulnerabilities.