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Blog Five Most Famous DDoS Attacks and Then Some A10 Blog / Network Security / Five Most Famous DDoS Attacks and Then Some A10 Staff | January 21, 2022 Share this post: Share on X (Twitter) Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email Updated: May 30, 2024 Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are now everyday occurrences. Whether a small non-profit or a huge multinational conglomerate, the online services of the organizationemail, websites, anything that faces the internetcan be slowed or completely stopped by a DDoS attack . For data center, colocation, hosting and other service providers, DDoS attacks threaten the infrastructure that provides network and service availability to all its tenants, subscribers and customers, and can target the most valuable customers. A successful DDoS attack can seriously damage brand reputation and cost hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in revenue. Moreover, DDoS attacks are sometimes used to distract cybersecurity operations while other criminal activity, such as data theft or network infiltration, is underway. Geopolitical events, such as the ongoing war in Ukraine, have demonstrated the efficacy of both state-sponsored and grass roots cybercriminals in launching politically motivated DDoS attacks against critical infrastructure and government agencies. Through A10 Defend Threat Control , our proprietary DDoS-specific intelligence platform, weve witnessed significant and sustained attacks across the globe on various networks and internet assets. The number of active DDoS weapons has hovered around 15.1 million for the past several years. Further insights gained via Threat Control can be seen in the 2025 Global DDoS Weapons Report . TRY IT FREE: Unlock 3 Months of DDoS Intelligence DDoS Attacks Getting Bigger, More Frequent The online threat landscape continues to evolve at an accelerating pace with hackers launching more distributed denial of service attacks than ever before, taking aim at new...

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