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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Anthony Cuthbertson

Cloudflare blocks biggest ever cyber attack

Cloudflare's headquarters in San Francisco, California on 2 November, 2019 - (Getty Images)

Web security firm Cloudflare has blocked the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever recorded.

The record-breaking attack clocked in at 11.5 Tbps, equivalent to more than 12,000 full-length HD movies flooding the web with unauthorised traffic.

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