Google reveals details of a previously unknown large-scale DDoS attack

The Google Cloud team described a large-scale DDoS attack targeting Google’s services in 2017. Its peak traffic reached 2.54 Tbps, making it one of the largest DDoS attacks on record.

According to the report, reaching 2.54 Tbps in September 2017 marked the culmination of a six-month campaign against Google. During it, attackers used a variety of methods to disrupt servers.

In a separate report by the Google Threat Analysis Group, the attack originated from networks of Chinese internet providers.

The described incident surpasses the scale of the Amazon AWS attack that occurred in February 2020, with a peak of 2.3 Tbps.

The attackers’ actions did not affect Google’s infrastructure.

Earlier in June, hackers attacked the Microsoft Azure cloud service to mine Monero.

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