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KrebsOnSecurity Hit by 200 Gbps DDoS Attack

posted by Dopefish on Saturday February 15 2014, @04:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the when-the-going-gets-tough dept.

nobbis writes:

"The recent KrebsOnSecurity 200 Gbps DDoS Attack used NTP servers for amplification, a technique that is becoming increasingly common according to Symantec NTP Reflection Attacks and Arbor Networks NTP Attacks.

A similar 400Gbps attack reported by Cloudflare against one of its clients 400 Gbps Attack was intense enough to cause network congestion in Europe.

Brian Krebs believes however that some of the DDoS-for-hire services behind the recent attacks maybe using Cloudflare as a safe haven, a view repudiated by Matthew Prince, CEO of Cloudflare.

The attack against the KrebsOnSecurity site is thought to have been a demonstration of ability from a Hackforums.net user offering a DDoS-for-hire service."

 
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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Gaaark on Saturday February 15 2014, @04:08PM

    by Gaaark (41) on Saturday February 15 2014, @04:08PM (#171) Homepage

    Really hope Mr. Krebs knows what he is doing security wise, 'cause with Spongebob and Squidward working for him..... :O

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