Latest 100 Gigabit Attack Is One of Internet's Largest

Unbeknownst to many people in the world, late last week one of the largest attacks in the history of the Internet was taking place—a massive nine-hour barrage that leveled an unrelenting 100 Gigabits of traffic at its peak.

"The most outstanding thing about this attack is that it did not use any amplification, which means that they had 100 Gigabits of available bandwidth on their own," Gaffan said. "The attack lasted nine hours, and that type of bandwidth is not cheap or readily available."

While Incapsula was able to repel this most recent attack, Gaffan cautions that the attack could have been much bigger and there have been some key takeaways from the experience.