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Massive 2.45B-Request DDoS Attack Used 1.2 Million IPs to Evade Rate Limits

📅 7 May 2026 at 05:00 UTC📰 Cyber Security NewsView original source ↗
Massive 2.45B-Request DDoS Attack Used 1.2 Million IPs to Evade Rate Limits

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) campaign targeted a large-scale user-generated content platform, unleashing over 2.45 billion malicious requests in just five hours. Rather than relying on brute-force methods, the attackers distributed traffic across 1.2 million unique IP addresses. This structural shift exposed a fundamental weakness in traditional rate-limiting defenses. By keeping individual IP request rates extremely […] The post Massive 2.45B-Request DDoS Attack Used 1.2 Million IPs to Evade Rate Limits appeared first on Cyber Security News.

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🔍Threat Overview

A large-scale DDoS attack was launched against a user-generated content platform, utilizing 1.2 million unique IP addresses to evade rate limits and overwhelm the targeted system with over 2.45 billion malicious requests in five hours.

⚙️Technical Details
Affected Systems
a large-scale user-generated content platform
Attack Vectors
distributed traffic across 1.2 million unique IP addresses
💥Impact Assessment
Severity: critical
🛡️Recommended Actions
1Implement IP-based rate limiting to prevent traffic from a large number of unique IP addresses
2Use more advanced DDoS mitigation techniques, such as IP blocking or traffic filtering
3Regularly monitor and update security controls to prevent similar attacks

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