Massive Internet Outage Could Be a Sign of Things to Come
▻https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602709/massive-internet-outage-could-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come
Schneier pointed out last month that a new wave of attacks also seems to be more investigative than previous DDoS assaults. Many of the attacks appear to be testing servers rather than taking them offline, by gradually increasing barrages of requests at one part of the server to see what it can withstand, then moving on to another, and another. Schneier warned that “someone is learning how to take down the Internet.”