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DDoS denial of service attacks against the Prolexic client base rose to a peak of 179 Gbps in 2013, setting a record for the year. We share the data on the biggest DDoS attacks of 2013 in this DDoS trends infographic, with a quarter-by-quarter breakdown.
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Largest 2013 DDoS AttacksMitigated by Quarter
Start Date: 03/06/13Peak Attack Bandwidth: 130 Gbps
Industry Vertical:Finance, Banking, Insurance
Attack Duration: 14.6 daysAttack Vectors Used:
UDP, SYN and DNS floods
Q1 2013
Start Date: 09/06/13Peak Attack Bandwidth: 111 Gbps
Industry Vertical:Media & Entertainment
Attack Duration: 20.6 hoursAttack Vectors Used:
DNS, UDP, UDP Fragment, GETand SYN floods, CHARGEN
Q3 2013
Start Date: 04/04/13Peak Attack Bandwidth:
144 million packets-per-secondIndustry Vertical:
Finance, Banking, InsuranceAttack Duration: 17.5 hours
Attack Vectors Used:UDP and SYN floods
Q2 2013
Start Date: 12/13/13Peak Attack Bandwidth: 179 Gbps
Industry Vertical:Media & Entertainment
Attack Duration: 5.4 hoursAttack Vectors Used:UDP and SYN floods
Q4 2013
