Record 1.5 Billion PPS DDoS Attack Targets European DDoS Scrubbing Provider, Mitigated by FastNetMon

A leading DDoS scrubbing provider in Western Europe was hit by a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service attack peaking at 1.5 billion packets per second. The attack, launched from over 11,000 networks using compromised IoT and MikroTik routers, was successfully mitigated by FastNetMon's automated detection and response platform. The incident highlights the escalating scale of DDoS threats and the urgent need for ISP-level intervention to prevent mass exploitation of consumer hardware.