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Hetzner operates a 5-10 Tbps network, roughly the same traffic volume as all of Spectrum/Charter Communications (the 2nd largest cable company in the US). They show up everywhere because they are a big part of the internet.

A wise network operator once told me - never shit on people when they are under attack. Because in the not too distant future you are going to be the victim.



Umm.. AWS and GCP and friends dwarf these guys, but I zee Hetzner, OVH and DigitalOcean in these things.


I bet a big factor is that AWS and GCP charge obscene markups for bandwidth. Much harder to get away with.


Of course, no one could afford a ddos from AWS or GCP. Even in the case of compromised machines, the huge traffic bill is going to alert everyone pretty quickly.




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