Security News > 2015 > December > Internet Root Name Servers Survive Unusual DDoS Attack (Threatpost)
2015-12-09 18:50
An unusual DDoS amplification attack was carried out 10 days ago against many of the Internet’s 13 root name servers, the authoritative servers used to resolve IP addresses.
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