Notable DDoS Attacks
Discover significant DDoS attacks throughout history, including those on GitHub, Panix, and major websites by MafiaBoy. Understand attack methods, political motives, and how these events shaped web security awareness.
We'll cover the following...
I thought it would be fun to mention some of the most notable DDoS attacks that have happened over the years to give you a glimpse of what kind of nasty business this is.
Baidu
In February 2018, GitHub reported incoming traffic of about 1.3 Terabytes of data per second. Take a moment to digest that number. In 2015, GitHub was also the target of the largest DDoS attack at the time, which was carried through injecting malicious code into the webpage that served Baidu, China’s largest search engine, and by injecting more malicious code in Baidu’s analytics scripts.
If you’re wondering what that script ...