The internet
around the globe has been slowed
down in what security experts are
describing as the biggest cyber-
attack of its kind in history.
“Based on the reported scale of
the attack, which was evaluated
at 300 Gigabits per second, we
can confirm that this is one of the
largest DDoS operations to date,”
online security firm Kaspersky Lab
said in a statement, “There may
be further disruptions on a larger
scale as the attack escalates.”
It is having an impact on popular
services like Netflix – and experts
worry it could escalate to affect
banking and email systems.
Spamhaus, a group based in both
London and Geneva, is a non-
profit organisation that aims to
help email providers filter out
spam and other unwanted
content.
To do this, the group maintains a
number of blocklists – a database
of servers known to be being used
for malicious purposes.
Recently, Spamhaus blocked
servers maintained by
Cyberbunker, a Dutch web host
that states it will host anything
with the exception of child
pornography or terrorism-related
material.
Spamhaus said it was able to
cope as it has highly distributed
infrastructure and technology in a
number of countries.
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