There were 19 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that exceeded 100 Gbps in the first three months of 2016. These mega attacks were launched using so-called booter or stresser botnets that are common and cheap to rent. The most-hit industry was gaming, accounting for 55 percent of all attacks, Akamai says. China, the U.S. and Turkey were the top three countries from where DDoS attack traffic originated, not where the attackers are based.”]