The Tor network hit by wave of DDoS attacks for at least 7 months

Tor Project maintainers revealed that for at least 7 months, the Tor network was hit by several different waves of ongoing DDoS attacks. During the last months Tor users have experienced Tor network performance issues lately, Tor Project maintainers explained that they were caused by different waves of ongoing DDoS attacks. Tor Project’s Executive Director […]

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February 14, 2023
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Cloudflare blocked record-breaking 71 million request-per-second DDoS attack

Cloudflare mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) that reached 71 Million requests per second. Cloudflare announced it has mitigated a record hyper-volumetric distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at over 71 million requests per second (RPS). The company pointed out that this is the largest reported HTTP distributed denial-of-service attack on record, the volume was more […]

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February 14, 2023
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How to prevent DDoS attacks

The number of DDoS attacks we see around the globe is on the rise, and that trend is likely to continue throughout 2023, according to Corero. We expect to see attackers deploy a higher rate of request-based or packets-per-second attacks. In this Help N…

February 14, 2023
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Pro-Russia hacker group Killnet targets NATO websites with DDoS attacks

Pro-Russia hacker group Killnet launched a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on NATO servers, including the NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ) website. Pro-Russia hacker group Killnet launched a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on NATO sites, including the NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ) website. The attack was confirmed by NATO, while the hacker […]

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February 13, 2023
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Tor and I2P Networks Suffered DDoS Attacks

Lately, a number of individuals have been encountering difficulties with the Tor network in terms of connectivity and performance. It’s not just you who is facing this issue, as others have reported slower loading or even complete failure to load…

February 9, 2023
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