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Massive botnet compromises 30,000+ devices DDoS assault | "Hyper-volumetric attacks" overwhelmed networks with traffic up to 6.5 Tbps
Nokia security researchers are tracking a botnet, dubbed Eleven11bot, that has been delivering what is likely the largest directed denial-of-service attack ever recorded. An estimated 30,000 webcams...
Nokia's Deepfield Emergency Response Team detected Eleven11bot after a surge of geographically dispersed IP addresses launched several "hyper-volumetric attacks" in late February. Eleven11bot's hyper-volumetric attacks have targeted communication service providers, game hosting infrastructure, and other sectors, causing disruptions that have lasted up too a week in some cases. Nokia security researcher Jérôme Meyer noted that most IP addresses involved in these attacks had not previously been associated with DDoS activity, making Eleven11bot's sudden emergence particularly concerning.
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