The Polish internet infrastructure recently withstood an unprecedented distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack measuring an astonishing 1.3 terabits per second – marking the largest such attack ever recorded in the country. Security teams have been battling this extensive cyber assault over several days, effectively neutralizing what would have otherwise caused significant disruption to digital services nationwide.
This record-breaking attack has already overshadowed previous incidents documented in the CERT Orange Polska Report for 2024, establishing a new benchmark for cybersecurity threats in the region.
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Over the past week, cybersecurity specialists observed and continuously mitigated a series of attacks directed at one of Poland’s leading companies. The threat actors employed significant volumetric attacks, utilizing nearly every available traffic amplification technique to maximize impact.
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