That’s what happened Friday when the news cycle got wind of a massive HTTPS distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in June that was successfully thwarted by Google. The target was an unnamed customer of Google’s cloud services. According to Digital Trends, the incident occurred on June 1 and was the largest HTTPS DDoS attack ever recorded. At one point, the victim was being bombarded with 46 million requests per second.
What company thwarted the largest HTTPS DDoS attack in history?
Answer: Google.
In an age where there are so many stories about successful cyber attacks, it’s refreshing to hear a tale of one that was unsuccessful. Especially when it was the largest ever of its kind.
That’s what happened Friday when the news cycle got wind of a massive HTTPS distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in June that was successfully thwarted by Google. The target was an unnamed customer of Google’s cloud services. According to Digital Trends, the incident occurred on June 1 and was the largest HTTPS DDoS attack ever recorded. At one point, the victim was being bombarded with 46 million requests per second.
But Google’s Cloud Armor Security rose to the occasion, initiating an immediate alert. The intended target reportedly followed Cloud Armor recommendations and was able to continue operations unaffected, rendering the attack unsuccessful. Google was unable to identify the type of malware behind the attack, although it suspects the Mēris botnet may have been involved.
That’s what happened Friday when the news cycle got wind of a massive HTTPS distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in June that was successfully thwarted by Google. The target was an unnamed customer of Google’s cloud services. According to Digital Trends, the incident occurred on June 1 and was the largest HTTPS DDoS attack ever recorded. At one point, the victim was being bombarded with 46 million requests per second.
