UltraDNS Mitigates Massive 100Gb/s DDoS Attack

Neustar UltraDNS has mitigated a 100Gb/s DDoS attack targeted at one customer, bringing down its DNS service for several hours on Wednesday. According to the SANS Institute’s Internet Storm Center, who had monitored the attack, the DDoS was launched Wednesday morning at around 10:45 PT. By 11 pm, UltraDNS had…