Record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack and global DDoS trends for 2024 Q4
Severity: Info
Category: Security
Service: Cloudflare
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Overview
Record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack and global DDoS trends for 2024 Q4
Impact
Cloudflare mitigated 6.9 million DDoS attacks
Trigger
A 5.6 Tbps UDP DDoS attack
Detection
Cloudflare's DDoS defense systems successfully and autonomously detected
Resolution
Detection and mitigation were fully autonomous by Cloudflare's distributed defense systems. It required no human intervention, didn't trigger any alerts, and didn't cause any performance degradation. The systems worked as intended.
Root Cause
5.6 Tbps UDP DDoS attack launched by a Mirai-variant botnet