Hacktivists launched up an immense and formerly undocumented 300Gbps DDoS attack earlier this summer by taking advantage of an obscure motherboard-level exploit on 100,000 unpatched servers, VeriSign has disclosed in their latest quarterly Trends report.
more here.............http://zerosecurity.org/2014/08/300gbps-ddos-attack-firm-exploits-server-flaw
more here.............http://zerosecurity.org/2014/08/300gbps-ddos-attack-firm-exploits-server-flaw