<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>Cloudflare recently blocked the largest ever recorded DDoS attack at 37.4 TB over 45 seconds.</li><li>The attack targeted a Cloudflare customer's IP address with a flood of UDP packets.</li><li>The attack attempted to breach up to 34,517 destination ports.</li><li>The DDoS attack came from 5,433 autonomous systems across 161 countries.</li><li>Approximately 50% of the attacks originated from Brazil and Vietnam.</li><li>Cloudflare's network handles roughly 20% of all Internet traffic across 120 countries.</li><li>Cloudflare's chief security officer mentioned substantial increases in DDoS attacks over the last six months.</li><li>Cloudflare has seen a series of record-breaking DDoS attacks in recent weeks, reaching up to 6.5 terabits per second.</li><li>The company is equipped to handle large-scale attacks and prevent server shutdowns caused by DDoS attacks.</li><li>Cloudflare's network architecture allows it to stop attacks at specific locations, preventing widespread disruption.</li></ul>

DDoS attacks continue to grow ever bigger, with Cloudflare recently blocking the largest ever recorded at 37.5 TB over 45 seconds

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