DDoSers use new method capable of amplifying traffic by a factor of 4 billion

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinMar 8, 2022, 6:15 pm189 pts
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Cybercriminals who use giant floods of data to knock sites offline are leveraging a never-before-seen method that has the potential to increase the damaging effects of those floods by an unprecedented 4 billion times, researchers warned on Tuesday. Like many other types of…

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