US servers hit by 175,000 DDoS attacks in March, four times as many as Chinese targets, report says


Huge difference in numbers likely due to Beijing’s tight controls on cyberspace, VPN provider says. DDoS attacks seek to overwhelm servers by bombarding them with fraudulent requests until they crash. — Reuters

The United States experienced nearly four times as many distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on its servers in March than Chinese targets, according to an industry report.

American targets were hit more than 175,000 times in the month, making the US the most attacked country in the world. China suffered 45,000 attacks, placing it fourth on the list, according to figures from virtual private network (VPN) provider Atlas.

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