# Cloudflare Successfully Blocks Record-Breaking 3.8Tbps DDoS Attack! ⚔️

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/cloudflare-successfully-blocks-record-breaking-3-8tbps-ddos-attack/292833>\
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**Tags:** tools, hacking, privacy\
**Created:** [October 5, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/cloudflare-successfully-blocks-record-breaking-3-8tbps-ddos-attack/292833 "2024-10-05T19:09:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/cloudflare-successfully-blocks-record-breaking-3-8tbps-ddos-attack/292833/1 "2024-10-05T19:09:15Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **Historic DDoS Attack**  
Cloudflare has thwarted the largest recorded distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, peaking at an astonishing **3.8 terabits per second (Tbps)**.

2. **Month-Long Campaign**  
The attack was part of a month-long campaign targeting organizations in the **financial services** , **internet** , and **telecommunications** sectors, consisting of over **100 hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks**.

3. **Attack Mechanism**  
In volumetric DDoS attacks, the target is flooded with massive amounts of data, overwhelming their bandwidth and resources, leaving legitimate users unable to access services.

4. **Packet Overload**  
Many of the attacks exceeded **two billion packets per second** , with some reaching over **three Tbps**. The specific attack peaking at **3.8 Tbps** lasted **65 seconds**.

5. **Global Infected Devices**  
The attack utilized compromised devices from various locations, including **Russia** , **Vietnam** , the **U.S.** , **Brazil** , and **Spain** , primarily exploiting **Asus routers** , **Mikrotik systems** , **DVRs** , and web servers.

6. **Autonomous Mitigation**  
Cloudflare successfully mitigated all the DDoS attacks autonomously, showcasing their advanced capabilities in handling such large-scale cyber threats.

**Read more at:** [BleepingComputer](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloudflare-blocks-largest-recorded-ddos-attack-peaking-at-38tbps/) | [Cloudflare Blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-cloudflare-auto-mitigated-world-record-3-8-tbps-ddos-attack/)