Cloud Provider Bills Gone Wild: A Gamer's Nightmare After a DDoS Attack

A developer running a semi-popular WebGL game uploading site was hit by a DDoS attack, resulting in a $100,000 Firebase bill. This was just the beginning of his nightmare. He received shockingly high bills from BigQuery, Cloudflare, AWS S3, Netlify, and Vercel, totaling tens of thousands of dollars. The causes ranged from email spamming during the attack, database loss, and massive spikes in traffic due to malicious activity. These cases highlight the importance of cloud cost management and the devastating impact of DDoS attacks on online businesses.