Last September, independent journalist Brian Krebs found himself the victim of a record-breaking digital attack when a huge amount of junk traffic (between 600-700Gbps) took his website, KrebsonSecurity.com offline. Ironically, Krebs is a digital security expert who had experienced numerous DDoS attacks previously; but nor he, nor Prolexic (the security company owned by Akamai protecting … Continue reading Why Do People Perform DDoS Attacks?