DDOS mitigation company Global Secure Layer claims to have fielded the largest DDOS attack in recorded history, in terms of packets per second, which reportedly saw one unfortunate "Minecraft gaming customer" bombarded with a buckling 3.15 billion PPS from a botnet said to be concentrated in Russia, but with traffic sources also spanning 17 other countries. For clarity, this doesn't mean people from these countries were involved, it just means attacks originated from sources in these locations.
Steven Ferguson and Cameron Tickner of Global Secure Layer shared a breakdown of the thwarted attack, which was caught on August 25. "Our team has cross verified this attack size with tier one providers and internet exchange operators to confirm border packet rate capacity has matched reported device telemetry," the report reads. "When contrasted with historically reported records, this size outpaces these headlines at a factor of 3.2 - 3.5x. This puts this packet rate attack as the largest ever reported to the public."
