Microsoft warns it just blocked ‘BIGGEST cyberattack ever’ from ‘70,000 computers across Asia’ – including China


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Microsoft warns it just blocked ‘BIGGEST cyberattack ever’ from ‘70,000 computers across Asia’ – including China MICROSOFT has fought off the biggest "DDoS attack" in recorded history. The huge cyberattack involved tens of thousands of computers – most of which were spread across Asia. Cyberattacks are increasingly common and highly sophisticated. One of the most common types of cyberattack is a DDoS – or Distributed Denial of Service. That's when an attacker will flood a victim's system with "internet traffic", overloading it and forcing it offline. This can be used to target websites, computer servers and even individual internet users....