Australia appears at Akamai’s top ten list for DDoS attacks

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[1] As per Akamai’s top ten sources for DDoS attacks, Australia has made the list for the first time as high-speed broadband connections becomes the norm.

[2] Akamai’s State of the Internet report indicate that Australia entered the top ten DDoS source list in the second quarter of this year, accounting for around four percent of global attacks.

[3] This now puts Australia at the same level with larger countries known for DDoS attacks such as China (37 percent), the US (18 percent) and the UK (10 percent).

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[Source] Australian Information Technology News – Australia appears at Akamai’s top ten list for DDoS attacks