Largest DDoS attack ever nails company that protects against DDoS attacks

A company that is supposed to protect against DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks just suffered what appears to be the largest one ever. According to IT News, CloudFlare, a content delivery network and security provider, said that the attack reached over 400 Gbps at its peak, 100 Gbps more than the previous record. The attackers appear to have used an increasingly popular method called NTP (Network Time Protocol) Reflection, which uses a timing mechanism to greatly amplify the attack. A...