Akamai on the Record Krebs OnSecurity Attack
Summary: Akamai's Q3 2016 State of the Internet report detailed the record DDoS attack on KrebsOnSecurity.com, which peaked at 623 Gbps on September 20, 2016, and was launched by roughly 24,000 Mirai-infected systems, mostly IoT devices such as digital video recorders and security cameras. Akamai said the site received 269 attacks over the four years it was on the Prolexic/Akamai network, including a dozen mega attacks above 100 Gbps, and that the September 22 attack peaked at 555 Gbps, which would have been a record at any other time.
Why it matters: A single reporter's site drew 269 attacks in four years and a 623 Gbps peak from a botnet of about 24,000 hijacked cameras and DVRs, and Akamai ended the pro-bono arrangement afterward - the same Mirai family hit Dyn the following month.
Read the original at Krebs on Security ↗
- Topics
- Data Breaches
- Related
- TSMC employee data breach linked to cloud provider Cyber Risks · Nov 15, 2026Data Breach at La Poste Subsidiary Maileva Affects 22 Million People in France Cyber Risks · Nov 15, 2026City of Osaka warns of data breach impacting 1 million as Japan reels from dozens of cyber incidents Cyber Risks · Nov 13, 2026