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Botnet Unleashes Record-Breaking 5.6Tbps DDoS Attack

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The largest DDoS attack on record targeted an internet service provider in East Asia .

The Oct. 29 attack generated 5.6Tbps in traffic against the ISP , with the goal of overwhelming its servers.

Cloudflare detected and automatically thwarted the attack, requiring no "human intervention" The number of DDoS attacks exceeding 1Tbps also grew 1,885% in Q4 .