​DDoS attacks increase over 125 percent year over year

The internet is under heavier attacks than ever. In Akamai’s Q1 2016 State of the Internet – Security Report, the content delivery network (CDN) company found there’s been a 125 percent increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks year over year.

But, wait, there’s more. Much more. There’s also been a 35 percent increase in the average attack duration. In the first quarter of 2015, the average attack lasted almost 15 hours. Now, they’re up to just over 16 hours.

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