Company
Date Published
Author
Omer Yoachimik, Jorge Pacheco
Word count
2046
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The 19th edition of the Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report reveals that the number of DDoS attacks increased by 49% quarter-over-quarter and 55% year-over-year in Q3 2024. Nearly 6 million DDoS attacks were mitigated, with over 200 hyper-volumetric attacks exceeding rates of 3 terabits per second (Tbps) and 2 billion packets per second (Bpps). The Banking & Financial Services industry was the most targeted sector. China experienced the highest number of DDoS attacks, while Indonesia was the largest source of such attacks.