<ul><li>Investigative journalist Brian Krebs faced one of the largest DDoS attacks on May 12, hitting 6.3 terabits per second, but was protected by Project Shield, a free Google service.</li><li>Project Shield offers at-risk organizations, including news publishers and human rights defenders, protection against DDoS attacks using Google Cloud's networking services.</li><li>The attack on KrebsOnSecurity was filtered instantly by Google Cloud's network, blocking large data packets sent from infected devices worldwide.</li><li>Google Cloud services like Load Balancing, CDN, and Armor within Project Shield defended against the attack, with automated defenses that require no customer configuration.</li></ul>

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