Russia's Yandex says it repelled biggest DDoS attack in history (reuters.com)

11 points by rzhikharevich 5y ago ↗ HN

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So what is the motivation behind DDoS attacks like this? Are they issuing ransoms?

Probably trying to demonstrate the power of some botnet to advertise it.

So this is probably why my yandex mail did not work yesterday at all. Error message gave no information.