How massive are current attacks on U.S. Military computer systems and networks? The numbers might make your head spin.
"A few years ago, getting a 1-gigabyte or 2-gigabyte attack at the internet access point was a big deal. Now, we get 600-gig attacks on the internet access points and unique, different ways of attacking that we hadn’t thought of before,” said Army Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn, who is the commander of the Joint Force Headquarters, Department of Defense Information Networks.
DoD News reported on a moderated discussion with him at a meeting of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s in Washington.
Preparing for 'terabyte of death' attack
Lt. Gen. Lynn says the Department of Defense expects even larger attacks ahead.
“There’s now, we would call it the ‘terabyte of death’—there is a terabyte of death that is looming outside the door. We’re prepared for it, so we know it’s coming. It’s just a matter of time before it hits us.”
How big is a terabyte?There are two visual ways to explain what a terabyte is.
- Do the math. A terabyte is more than one trillion bytes
1 TB = 1,024 GB = 1,048,576 MB = 1,073,741,824 KB = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes - Or look at the picture here:
Thanks to makeuseof.com for the math and visual help above.
