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Gaming moves fast. Can its defenses keep up?

Last October, a massive DDoS attack suspected to be linked to the Aisuru botnet disrupted some of the biggest names in gaming. Steam, Riot Games, PlayStation Network and Xbox experienced simultaneous outages, affecting games including Counter-Strike, Dota 2, Valorant, and League of Legends.

Researchers investigating the event estimated that the attack may have peaked at 29.69 Tbps, which would make it one of the largest DDoS attacks ever recorded.

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These are top-tier, sophisticated technology companies with significant resources devoted to staying online. Yet even at this level, major disruptions still happen. That raises a more useful question than simply how large the attack was: Why can the DDoS defenses that organizations have invested in heavily, still leave them exposed when it matters most?

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Anthropic Flags AI Agent Liability Risks as OpenAI Faces Hacking Lawsuit

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Amazon Prime Phishing Scam Uses Fake Billing Alert to Steal Logins and Card Details

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Copilot Prompts Are Traumatizing the Contractors Hired to Read Them

Credit: SOPA Images/Getty Images To make AI seem as smart as it is, AI developers still lean on a lot of human input. But the cost of that input isn't always financial. Contractors brought in to help determine Copilot prompts' efficacy are struggling to deal with

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A jury found Facebook guilty of 43 million privacy violations, and Meta could owe billions

Anthropic Flags AI Agent Liability Risks as OpenAI Faces Hacking Lawsuit

Amazon Prime Phishing Scam Uses Fake Billing Alert to Steal Logins and Card Details

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