Ars: 620 Gb/s DDoS attack on Krebs.

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/09/why-the-silencing-of-krebsonsecurity-opens-a-troubling-chapter-for-the-net/

On Thursday morning, exactly two weeks after Krebs published his first post, he reported that a sustained attack was bombarding his site with as much as 620 gigabits per second of junk data. That staggering amount of data is among the biggest ever recorded. Krebs was able to stay online thanks to the generosity of Akamai, a network provider that supplied DDoS mitigation services to him for free. The attack showed no signs of waning as the day wore on. Some indications suggest it may have grown stronger. At 4 pm, Akamai gave Krebs two hours' notice that it would no longer assume the considerable cost of defending KrebsOnSecurity. Krebs opted to shut down the site to prevent collateral damage hitting his service provider and its customers.

Wow.

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #413,937 by Another Scott 9/26/16 12:55:41 PM 9/26/16 12:55:41 PM Reply	Ars: 620 Gb/s DDoS attack on Krebs. http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/09/why-the-silencing-of-krebsonsecurity-opens-a-troubling-chapter-for-the-net/ On Thursday morning, exactly two weeks after Krebs published his first post, he reported that a sustained attack was bombarding his site with as much as 620 gigabits per second of junk data. That staggering amount of data is among the biggest ever recorded. Krebs was able to stay online thanks to the generosity of Akamai, a network provider that supplied DDoS mitigation services to him for free. The attack showed no signs of waning as the day wore on. Some indications suggest it may have grown stronger. At 4 pm, Akamai gave Krebs two hours' notice that it would no longer assume the considerable cost of defending KrebsOnSecurity. Krebs opted to shut down the site to prevent collateral damage hitting his service provider and its customers. Wow. Cheers, Scott.
Post #413,938 by a6l6e6x 9/26/16 1:31:43 PM 9/26/16 1:31:43 PM Reply	Wow is right! Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #413,941 by drook 9/26/16 1:58:05 PM 9/26/16 1:58:05 PM Reply	Yup, IoT FTW Should be IoB - internet of bots. -- Drew
Post #413,974 by scoenye 9/26/16 6:35:48 PM 9/26/16 6:35:48 PM Reply	Google took him in Although, no word as to how many Nest thermostats are involved...

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