---
title: "Major DDoS attacks see huge increase, says Akamai"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/major-ddos-attacks-see-huge-increase-says-akamai/"
date: "2017-02-15T04:25:44+00:00"
section: "Hardware/Network"
tags:
  - "Cyber Attack"
  - "Cyber Security Report"
  - "DDOS"
  - "Internet of Things"
source: "computerweekly.com"
source_url: "http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450412933/Major-DDoS-attacks-see-huge-increase-says-Akamai"
---

# Major DDoS attacks see huge increase, says Akamai

February 15, 2017 · Reported by computerweekly.com

![](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/portadas/2017/major-ddos-attacks-see-huge-increase-says-akamai.jpg)

> Akamai’s State of the Internet/Security Report for the fourth quarter of 2016 finds that distributed denial of service attacks larger than 100Gbps are rapidly increasing as more IoT devices are compromised

[Read the full article at computerweekly.com](http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450412933/Major-DDoS-attacks-see-huge-increase-says-Akamai)

**Tags:** [Cyber Attack](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/cyber-attack/) · [Cyber Security Report](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/cyber-security-report/) · [DDOS](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/ddos-attack/) · [Internet of Things](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/internet-of-things/)