Case Study: Elkjøp stops a massive DDoS attack with TrafficPeak powered by Hydrolix

How Elkjelp Stopped a Massive DDoS Attack

Elkjøp, the largest consumer electronics retailer in the Nordic countries, faced the challenge of ensuring its applications ran smoothly during peak events like Black Friday, which are often targeted by malicious actors. It needed an affordable observability platform capable of ingesting, querying, and retaining large amounts of data for long periods to achieve this.

The retailer implemented TrafficPeak, an observability product from Akamai that is powered by Hydrolix. The solution immediately spotted a massive DDoS attack during a peak traffic period, enabling Akamai's security services to instantly stop it with no impact to customers or services. Beyond stopping the attack, the solution from Hydrolix has provided Elkjøp with greater visibility, allowing them to resolve five different issues by querying data patterns.

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Jonas Petersson

Team Lead for eCommerce