Network service providers are reporting the first IPV6 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The news has been reported in the Arbor Networks 7th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report. DDoS attacks have been largerly used during the operations of protest made by several groups of hacktivist during the last years. Experts of the major security firm believe that ideological and political motivations have become the principal motivation behind the DDoS. The switchover from the existing address protocol, IPv4, to IPv6 will give to the hackers a great opportunity.”]
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