Microsoft says Azure was hit with a massive DDoS attack launched from over 500,000 IP addresses

DDoS attack.

• Microsoft mitigated a record 15.72 Tbps DDoS attack from Aisuru botnet
• Aisuru, a Mirai-class IoT botnet, controls 300,000+ compromised devices
• Microsoft warns DDoS attacks will grow as IoT and internet speeds scale

Microsoft has said it successfully mitigated, “the largest DDoS attack ever observed in the cloud” after cybercriminals running the Aisuru botnet targeted a single endpoint, located in Australia.