Microsoft Azure Blocks Largest DDoS Attack in History — attack equivalent to streaming 3.5 million Netflix movies at once, 15.72 Terabits per Second from 500,000 IP addresses tied to IoT botnet

Microsoft Azure successfully defended against the largest DDoS attack in history, involving 500,000 IP addresses from an IoT botnet, generating 15.72 terabits per second of traffic, equivalent to streaming 3.5 million Netflix movies simultaneously. The attack was detected and filtered by Azure's DDoS protection, ensuring customer services were unaffected. The increasing scale and intensity of DDoS attacks pose a significant threat, with attackers leveraging home networks and IoT devices to amplify their impact. Security experts emphasize the importance of implementing robust defenses, such as traffic-rate limiters and DDOS scrubbers, to mitigate the risk of future attacks.