Largest DDoS In History Reaches 300 Billion Bits Per Second

An anonymous reader writes "The NYT is reporting that the Largest DDoS in history reached 300 Gbps. The dispute started when the spam-fighting group Spamhaus added the Dutch company Cyberbunker to its blacklist, which is used by e-mail providers to weed out spam. Millions of ordinary Internet users have experienced delays in services like Netflix or could not reach a particular Web site for a short time. Dutch authorities and the police have made several attempts to enter the bunker by force but failed to do so. The attacks were first mentioned publicly last week by Cloudflare, an Internet security firm in Silicon Valley that was trying to defend against the attacks and as a result became a target."

Re:Watch your clauses, people!

[Nerdfest]

A Slashdot editor Yoda has become.

Bunker

[ISoldat53]

The summary makes it sound like the Cyberbunker is a physical location. If so, a wire cutter should cut off it's access to the inter webs.

don't RTFA

[slashmydots]

WARNING: if you attempt to RTFA, you will also be bombarded by a DDOS of spam ads. I appreciate the realism but it's kinda annoying.

Re:Watch your clauses, people!

[wmac1]

I wish there was a smaller unit than bits. The headline would become more exciting!

Re:Watch your clauses, people!

[Sulphur]

A Slashdot editor Yoda has become.

Edit or edit not; there is no try.

Re:Watch your clauses, people!

[Mindcontrolled]

Edit or edit not; there is no try

On the edit-not side, the slashdot editors firmly are. Hmmm. Not give in to that side you must!

Re:Bunker

[Mindcontrolled]

Are you saying that nuking the site from orbit is NOT a way to be sure? The hills, guys, run for them...

Re:Watch your clauses, people!

[telchine]

Removing words is like removing lines of code. Almost always makes it better.

Removing ... words is like ... better

Re:Watch your clauses, people!

[Sulphur]

Edit or edit not; there is no try

On the edit-not side, the slashdot editors firmly are. Hmmm. Not give in to that side you must!

Ubi solitudinem editoriam faciunt, slashdotum appellant.

Re:Bunker

[50000BTU_barbecue]

If they're atheist bombs, you don't deliver them by USPS.

Re:Bunker

[rvw]

That picture is hilarious! Are those medieval shields?

This is the Netherlands. Those shields are made of weed. They are softer on the rioters, who cool down easier when this is used.

Re:Watch your clauses, people!

[geminidomino]

Shut up. The crosswords are still good.

Re:Don't forget the power cord!

[ackthpt]

Cutting their communication lines was the first thing I thought of too. Then cutting their power lines. I may not have enough cofee in me to calm me down this morning but visions of the Dirty Dozen [wikipedia.org] dumping fuel and grenades into their bunker came to mind. }:D

If Carnival Cruise Lines have taught us anything, just back up their toilets. They'll be out in a jiffy.

Re:Watch your clauses, people!

[davester666]

Electrons. Quintillions of highly charged electrons running wild.

Re:Watch your clauses, people!

[thoughtfulbloke]

In fact, the crosswords are so popular that they have decided articles should become more cryptic to draw in the same audience.