The Rapid Evolution and Growing Threat of DDoS Attacks

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This Akamai whitepaper discusses the rapid evolution and increasing sophistication of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, which have become more targeted and frequent. No organization is immune, as cybercriminals exploit DDoS for extortion, hacktivism, or revenge. The paper highlights the need for a holistic defense strategy against these attacks, tracing their origins to a 1999 incident where 114 compromised computers knocked a University of Minnesota system offline, marking one of the earliest known DDoS attacks on the internet.

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The Rapid Evolution and Growing Threat of DDoS Attacks

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