The average size of DDoS attacks is up 43% so far this year, with 46.5% of attacks now over 1Gbps. A survey by communications Neustar found that 20% of UK respondents admitted that their companies have no DDoS protection in place. More than one-fifth of UK firms experienced a disruptive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in 2012, according to the study. The study also found that more than one fifth of UK companies experienced a disruption in 2012.”]
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