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title: "DDoS attack mitigation"
description: "Resolved · affects Main API -> HTTP, Website, Main API -> WS · Jul 26, 2024"
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# DDoS attack mitigation

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Jul 26, 2024 · 2 years ago · affects: Main API -> HTTP, Website, Main API -> WS · 1 minute

## Updates

### + Resolved — Jul 26, 6:52 PM

Our frontend experienced a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that resulted in a temporary outage. Mitigation measures were successfully implemented.

Details of the Incident:

- Nature of Attack: DDoS
- Affected Service: Frontend (Web Application)
- Duration: Approximately 3 minutes

Response and Mitigation:

-   Immediate Actions Taken:
    -   Identified the DDoS attack through monitoring alerts.
    -   Contacted Cloudflare for future possible situations.
-   Mitigation:
    -   Cloudflare’s “under attack mode” was enabled, which effectively filtered and mitigated the malicious traffic.
    -   Added a security step to our connections which will automatically stop this attacks when starting.