Yandex thwarts strongest DDoS attack of over 20 mln RPS

MOSCOW, Sep 9 (PRIME) -- Specialists of Russian Internet company Yandex have succeeded in fighting off a DDoS attack, the strongest in the history of the Web, of more than 20 million requests per second, the company said in a blog on portal Habr on Thursday.

“Our specialists really managed to thwart a record attack of more than 20 million RPS, the strongest attack among the known on the Internet’s record. It’s just one of a myriad of attacks aimed against not only Yandex, but also many other companies in the world,” Yandex said.

Similar attacks have been in progress during several weeks already on a very large scale, and their source is a new, still little-known botnet.

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