The Evolution of DDoS Attacks | Arbor Networks
http://pixvid.me/ANEvolutionofDDoS In just over a decade, Distributed
Denial of Services (DDoS) attacks have gone from being a nuisance to a menace, threatening government agencies and businesses alike all over the world.
Arbor Networks, leader in DDoS prevention and mitigation, recants some of the important events in the evolution of DDoS:
2003 -- Governments recognize the threat;
US congress proposes legislation for cyber security requirements in private industry.
February 2007 --
U.S. Government officials confirm that if the
United States found itself under a major cyber attack, it is prepared to launch a counter attack.
April 2007 -- Former
Soviet Republic of Estonia is taken offline with a sustained
DDoS attack, effectively isolating the country from the rest of the
Internet.
January 2008 --
First high profile DDoS attack launched by hacker group "
Anonymous" against scientology.org.
2010 -- DDoS goes mainstream, breaking the
100 Gbps barrier for the first time --
1000% increase in attack size over 5 years
December 2010 -- PayPal falls victim to DDoS attacks, along with a number of other major financial sites and credit card companies
June
2011 --
CIA Director Leon Panetta tells the
Senate Armed Services Committee "The next
Pearl Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples
America's electrical grid and its security and financial systems."
April 2012 --
Hacker group "Anonymous" targets a number of government sites, including the
U.S. Department of Justice, the
CIA, and the
UK Home Office.
September 2012 -- "
Hacktivists" issue statements vowing to target several major U.S. financial services firms on specific dates.