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Cloudflare blocks 21.3 million DDoS attacks in 2024, reports record 53% surge

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Cloudflare autonomous defence systems blocked 21.3 million DDoS attacks in 2024, marking a 53% increase compared to the previous year.

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Information Security Newspaper | Hacking News

Record breaking 5,600,000 megabits per second (Mbps) DDoS attack

In October 2024, a very powerful cyberattack was launched. This attack was a type of DDoS attack. DDoS means “Distributed Denial of Service,” where hackers use many devices to overwhelm a website or service and make it unavailable. Think of it like thousands of people trying to walk through a small door at the same time—it causes a traffic jam, and nobody can get through. This particular attack was extremely big—it was recorded at 5.6 terabits p…

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