DDoS attacks began around Feb. 6 against security sites Metasploit, Immunity, Milw0rm, and Packet Storm. Attackers flooded the sites’ sites’ domains with HTTP requests. Attacker: “Some random guy [said], “Give me all of your source codes,'” creator HD Moore says. Moore says the DDoS’ incoming connection exceeded 15 Mbps with SYN packets sent to the www.meploit.com domains. Moore: “The flood showed no sign of stopping before, and I sure wasn’t trying to negotiate””]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/how-metasploit-turned-the-tables-on-its-ddos-attackers