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Huge DDoS Attack Hits CloudFlare

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Subject Huge DDoS Attack Hits CloudFlare
Date Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:55:20 -04-59 (UTC)
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The attack used Network Time Protocol (NTP) Reflection/Amplification to generate a 400 Gbps surge.

More at http://www.itnews.com.au/News/372033,worlds-largest-ddos-strikes-us-europe.aspx

Info about the attack vector and mitigation at http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-013A

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Huge DDoS Attack Hits CloudFlare wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 09:55 +0000
  Re: Huge DDoS Attack Hits CloudFlare RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-11 17:54 +0000
    Re: Huge DDoS Attack Hits CloudFlare deepmagicbeginshere@gmail.com - 2014-02-11 20:36 -0800

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