CYBERSECURITYTRACKER
TRACKING7,735 stories in this site build1,671 vulnerability news stories in this site build
Permanent story citation

DDoS attacks over 1 Tbps surged fivefold in the second quarter

This page keeps the story as Cybersecurity Tracker first published it. If the tracker later corrects it, the correction appears below the original and never replaces it.

Back to newsStory 4214

As cited

Copy frozen at (site build).

threat intel

DDoS attacks over 1 Tbps surged fivefold in the second quarter

Cloudflare mitigated over 800 network-layer distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that exceeded 1 terabit per second (Tbps) in the second quarter. The surge represents a fivefold increase in such attacks compared to the previous period.

Why it matters: Organizations globally rely on internet-facing services and should assess their DDoS defense capabilities against the rising scale and frequency of volumetric attacks targeting network infrastructure.

Source published
First seen by Cybersecurity Tracker

Source attribution

Correction

Correction recorded as of .

threat intel

DDoS attacks over 1 Tbps surged fivefold in the second quarter

No summary had been written when this copy was frozen.

First seen by Cybersecurity Tracker

Source attribution

Correction

Correction recorded as of .

threat intel

DDoS attacks over 1 Tbps surged fivefold in the second quarter

Cloudflare reported mitigating over 800 network-layer distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that each exceeded 1 Tbps during the second quarter. The volume of such large-scale attacks increased significantly compared to prior periods.

Why it matters: Organizations relying on Cloudflare or other DDoS mitigation services need to understand the rising threat of mega-scale attacks, and security teams should review their own DDoS preparedness and provider capabilities.

Source published
First seen by Cybersecurity Tracker

Source attribution

Correction

Correction recorded as of .

threat intel

DDoS attacks over 1 Tbps surged fivefold in the second quarter

Cloudflare reported mitigating over 800 network-layer distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that each exceeded 1 Tbps during the second quarter. The volume of such large-scale attacks increased significantly compared to prior periods.

Why it matters: Organizations relying on Cloudflare or other DDoS mitigation services need to understand the rising threat of mega-scale attacks, and security teams should review their own DDoS preparedness and provider capabilities.

VendorsCloudflare
Source published
First seen by Cybersecurity Tracker

Source attribution

Glossary