#Mikrotik

OVHcloud Hit with Record 840 Million PPS DDoS Attack Using MikroTik Routers

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July 5, 2024 at 09:07AM OVHcloud recently thwarted a record-breaking DDoS attack, reaching a packet rate of 840 million packets per second. The attack utilized a TCP ACK flood from 5,000 source IPs and a DNS reflection attack from 15,000 DNS servers. Such attacks, including those leveraging compromised MikroTik routers, are becoming more frequent and … Read more

OVHcloud blames record-breaking DDoS attack on MikroTik botnet

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July 3, 2024 at 02:07PM OVHcloud, a major European cloud services provider, successfully mitigated a record-breaking DDoS attack earlier this year, reaching 840 Mpps and stemming from compromised MikroTik network devices. The company has observed a trend of escalating attack sizes and frequency. The high processing power of MikroTik devices poses a significant threat, with … Read more