Akamai DDoS sophistication

[Kristian Hermansen <khermansen () ht-technology com>]

Does anyone have details on why the Akamai DDoS attack was so
sophisticated and what components of it were unique?  Here's a quote for
reference:

--snip--
Leighton provided few additional details, except that the attack was
coordinated, large and sophisticated. The volume of traffic was
unprecedented even for a company that "sees a lot of attacks," he said.

"It had components that we had not seen before," he said, declining to
comment further.
--snip--

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Kristian Hermansen <khermansen () ht-technology com>

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