Netflix’s Self-DDoS Attack on Behalf of the Internet

In June 2016, Netflix researchers tried out a DDoS attack against itself. Security engineer Scott Behrens ran an infrastructure test on the streaming service as part of a presentation to coworkers. They watched Behrens take the site down; but instead of panic, the Netflix team celebrated. Behrens, along with cloud security engineer Jeremy Heffner and … Continue reading Netflix’s Self-DDoS Attack on Behalf of the Internet