Spamhaus hit by one of the largest DDoS attacks yet seen
27 Mar 2013
Anti-spam group Spamhaus weathered a DNS amplification attack reported to peak at around 300Gbps, prompting warnings about open DNS resolvers.
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Anti-spam group Spamhaus weathered a DNS amplification attack reported to peak at around 300Gbps, prompting warnings about open DNS resolvers.
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