Microsoft Azure DDoS Protection team mitigated about unique 360,000 attacks in the second half of 2021. That is a 43% increase from the first half of 2021.
In November, Microsoft mitigated a DDoS attack with a throughput of 3.47 Tbps and a packet rate of 340 million packets per second (pps), targeting an Azure customer in Asia. We believe this to be the largest attack ever reported in history.
You should get familiar with DDoS protection best practices to ensure you have your architecture rightsized.
If you are keen on learning more about how Microsoft handles these incidents, check out the 2021 Microsoft Digital Defense Report.