DDoS criminals are trying to batter down DDoS defences with larger attacks and new techniques, says Prolexic. Attack on unnamed organisation reached 45Gbit/s at peak, equivalent to 69 million packets or 15,000 connections per second. Attack was three times larger in packets per second volume than the biggest attack in 2011. China appears to be the major source of attacks with 55 percent of attacks emanating from the country. Attacks now last 1.2 days on average, with top targets including gaming, gambling, hospitality and shipping.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2130212/chinese-company-hit-by-mega-ddos-attack.html