Security News > 2019 > March > Silence of the WANs: FBI DDoS-for-hire greaseball takedowns slash web flood attacks 'by 11%'
2019-03-19 23:10
Fed bust of massive attack network caused traffic loads to plummet in Q4 The FBI's takedown of a group of prolific DDoS-for-hire websites has single-handedly helped to drop attack levels globally.…
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