Security News > 2020 > April > Report: US facing four times as many DDoS attacks as China
New research from Atlas VPN has shown that the United States experienced more than 175,000 DDoS attacks in the month of March, more than double the number faced by the next highest country and four times as many as China.
According to data gathered and analyzed by Atlas VPN researchers, South Korea and Brazil both suffered from more than 50,000 DDoS attacks while China came in just ahead of the United Kingdom with about 45,000 attacks.
The US had more than 21% of all the attacks reported worldwide but also had the largest number of performed DDoS attacks globally.
The report notes that cybercriminals may be using VPNs to make it look like attacks are coming from IP addresses in the US. Hardik Modi, NETSCOUT's AVP of engineering, threat and mitigation products, explained that the US has a larger internet footprint than any other country, which is why the country was so prevalent on both ends of the DDoS spectrum.
"Tools like LOIC and HOIC have been around for a while as well as other tools and DDoS service in the underground. The US has a lot of enterprises, financial institutions and other entities that can draw attention from criminals and hacktivists. Due to the political and healthcare tension, it is not all that surprising. While some DDoS attacks happen on gaming servers and to annoy people-some are politically motivated, like targeting right or left wing propaganda sites," Maor said.
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