Distributed denial-of-service attacks have not garnered much attention this year. But analysts say such attacks could surge in the months ahead. DDoS-style attackers who demand a ransom to stop their attacks are finding that model profitable. The largest DDoS attack on record occurred this year, when several businesses were taken down by a 2.3 terabyte per second attack using hijacked Connection-less Lightweight Directory Access Protocol web servers. New tools readily available for sale, rent or lease will likely bring in new DDoS players.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/analysts-warn-ddos-attacks-likely-to-surge-a-15365