Microsoft Fended Off a Record 2.4 Tbps DDoS Attack Targeting Azure Customers
12-Oct-21
Microsoft announced on Monday that its Azure cloud platform successfully mitigated a 2.4 Tbps distributed denialofservice (DDoS) assault against an undisclosed European customer in the last week of August, topping a 2.3 Tbps attack.
The attack is thought to have originated from a botnet of some 70,000 hacked devices spread across AsiaPacific countries like Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, and China, as well as the United States.
