Record DDoS attack of 5.6 Tbps. HPE sourcecode maybe breached. Trying different format.

We've got a new record! This one peaked at 5.6 terabits per second and came from a Mirai-based botnet with 13,000 compromised devices. It surprised me to read that it lasted only 80 seconds, and that that is normal these days. A sort of "blitz DDoS" if you will, making it harder for humans to respond.

There was some news from a hackergroup called IntelBroker that they stole HPE source code, Docker builds, and more, but so far HPE hasn't been able to find any evidence of this. Possibly to be continued.

I didn't know (or had forgotten) that the U.S. State Department has a rapid incident response team, called FALCON, that's meant to be sent out to allied nations or organisation that are under attack. Pretty cool. A recent ransomware attack on RECOPE, Costa Rica's state-run energy company, was the first real-world test for that team.

Always fun to read those. The first day seems to have focused on EV chargers, with security researchers exploiting 16 unique zero-days and collecting $382,750 in cash. More can be read on the Pwn2Own blog here.

I had missed this one last week, and who knows what Trump will make of it, but I found it interesting nonetheless. From the article:

"The new regulations set specific numerical limits on AI chip exports. While first-tier countries (the 18 key US allies) face no restrictions, countries in the second tier can receive up to 50,000 so-called "advanced computing chips," with the possibility to double that cap to 100,000 if they sign technology security agreements with the US.

For most buyers, orders of up to 1,700 advanced chips will not require licenses or count against these national caps—a policy designed to speed up purchases by universities, medical institutions, and research organizations."

I'm not going to write a long marketing-heavy paragraph on this one. I just love using 1Password. The UX, the support, the integrations, it all works wonderfully. Highly recommended. (Sponsored)