Cloudflare Just Dealt With a Fucking Massive DDoS Attack

Oh, joy. As if we don’t have enough problems, some script kiddies (or state-sponsored assholes, let’s be real) decided to throw 115 *terabits* per second at one of Cloudflare’s customers. Yes, you read that right – terabits. It’s a new record, because apparently breaking the internet is a hobby now.

The attack used randomized UDP packets, which is about as sophisticated as throwing mud at a wall to see what sticks. Cloudflare mitigated it, naturally, because they’re actually good at their job unlike some other “security” companies I could mention. They used their network and some fancy filtering to absorb the crap without any real impact on legitimate users – mostly.

The target? Some godforsaken game company, Aethelgard. Probably full of whiners who can’t handle losing anyway. The attack was likely a ransom attempt, because what else would it be? Honestly, these people are just pathetic.

Cloudflare thinks this was done by a botnet, and they’re still investigating the source. Good luck with that; tracing these things is like finding a specific grain of sand on a beach. It’s probably some compromised IoT devices again – your smart fridge is actively trying to kill us all, don’t forget.

So yeah, another day, another DDoS. I swear, if I had a nickel for every time I had to deal with this… I’d be running my own private island and ignoring the internet entirely.

Source: Cloudflare Blocks Record-Breaking 115 Tbps DDoS Attack

Speaking of pathetic attacks, I once had to deal with a “DDoS” attack that was literally just someone pinging a server. A *ping flood*. Seriously? It was less annoying than my morning coffee. The guy thought he was some kind of hacker god. I blocked his IP and went back to sleep.

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