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Bitcoin Hit by Largest Ever DDos Attack

CloudFlare CEO reports attack was close to 400Gbps in power.

By staff Writer | Updated on February 12, 2014

One of the biggest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks ever recorded hit CloudFlare’s data centers in Europe on Monday, according to Tech Week Europe.

Few details about the attack have emerged, but CloudFlare CEO Matthew Prince posted on Twitter that  it was probably close to 400Gbps in power, as it continues to investigate. The firm revealed the previous No. 1 DDoS attack last year, measuring in at just over 300Gbps, targeted at anti-spam outfit Spamhaus.

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