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Biggest Ever DDoS is Threat to OT Critical Infrastructure

ID: 29209740-82b5-57fd-baa2-993a521237d6

STIX ID: report--29209740-82b5-57fd-baa2-993a521237d6

Feed Name: Security Boulevard

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2024-10-04

Date Updated: 2026-04-22

Author: Richi Jennings

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**Executive summary:** Researchers report an unprecedented month-long DDoS campaign peaking at 3.8 Tbps that targeted financial, internet and telecommunications sectors and threatens operational technology (power, water and other critical infrastructure); the attacks comprised over 100 hyper‑volumetric events using a global pool of compromised devices (ASUS routers, MikroTik, DVRs, web servers) and exploited recently disclosed router vulnerabilities to saturate bandwidth and exhaust resources.

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