Happy DDoS-a-Versary to me.

[briankrebs@infosec.exchange]

Happy DDoS-a-Versary to me. Today's Mirai-based botnets are now launching attacks that are 20x the size of that first big Mirai attack.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/09/krebsonsecurity-hit-with-record-ddos/

Not long after I published that story, the Mirai botmasters turned up the heat and got me evicted from Akamai's network. I remember the next day interviewing different DDoS protection companies about their pricing and having to pick my jaw up off the floor each time. Many thanks to Akamai for all the attacks that they very much did protect me from over the years. And also thanks again to Google Shield for helping to keep my little site online ever since.

BTW, that Sept. 2016 attack, and the quick leaking of the botnet's source code by its 20-something overlords led me to pretty much cancel everything and spend 24/7 the next four months tracking these guys down. As I did that, I kept interviewing people who had just talked to the FBI. I published the longest story I'd ever written on Jan. 18, 2017, the same day the FBI raided the homes of the alleged authors. Who ended up being convicted and sentenced to helping the FBI catch cybercriminals, which is a really cool and rare success story.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/who-is-anna-senpai-the-mirai-worm-author/