Ransom DDoS attacks target a Fortune Global 500 company
Jan 7, 2021Omer Yoachimik
Summary
This post details the experience of a Fortune Global 500 company targeted by a Ransom DDoS (RDDoS) attack. It highlights the company's initial reliance on an on-demand DDoS protection service, which proved too slow to react, leading to significant network failures. Following this incident, the company onboarded to Cloudflare's Magic Transit, an automated always-on DDoS protection service for network infrastructure. The post emphasizes the benefits of automated, always-on protection over reactive, on-demand services and provides recommendations for organizations to prepare for similar attacks, including utilizing automated DDoS protection, building threat models with vendors, and educating employees.
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