GitHub Survived the Biggest DDoS Attack Ever Recorded
About 100,000 memcached servers, mostly owned by businesses and other institutions, currently sit exposed online with no authentication protection, meaning an attacker can access them, and send them a special command packet that the server will respond to with a much larger reply.
Source: A 1.3Tbs DDoS Hit GitHub, the Largest Yet Recorded - WIRED
Amazing they could mitigate it. Just a reminder to secure your own infrastructure so it can’t be used to attack someone else.