400 Gbps DDoS attack on Monday smashes Spamhaus DDoS record

CloudFlare announced late last night that a 400 Gbps DDoS attack against an unnamed entitym smashed the record set last year during the Spamhaus incident in which a sustained 300 Gbps attack was launched against a European organization who maintains a blacklist of spam-related ISPs. Effects from the attack were especially strong in Europe which caused slowdowns and related problems for ISPs. At the same time, French hosting outfit OVH also reported fending off an attack running at over 350Gbps, though of course it’s impossible to say whether the same attacker was responsible.

400 Gbps DDoS attack on Monday smashes Spamhaus DDoS record