AWS reported mitigating a massive DDoS attack in February of 2020. At its peak, this attack saw … See more

Another massive DDoS attack was directed at Dyn, a major DNS provider, in October of 2016. This attack was devastating and created disruption for many major sites, including Ai… See more

The largest DDoS attack ever at the time, this one also happened to target GitHub. This politically motivated attack lasted several days and adapted itself around implemente… See more

Another largest-ever-at-the-time attack was the 2013 attack directed at Spamhaus, an organization that helps combat spam emails and spam-related activity. Spamhaus … See more

In 2000, a 15-year-old hacker known as ‘Mafiaboy’ took down several major websites including CNN, Dell, E-Trade, eBay, and Yahoo!, the last of which at the time was th… See more