1 Tbps DDoS Attacks Become the New Normal as Cloudflare Reports Record H1 Activity

Cloudflare has reported a sharp rise in large-scale distributed denial-of-service attacks during the first half of 2026, blocking 935 network-layer attacks exceeding 1 terabit per second. The company said hyper-volumetric attacks grew 519% between the first and second quarters, showing that attackers are increasingly capable of delivering extreme traffic floods at a rapid pace. The findings appear in Cloudflare’s 25th DDoS Threat Report, which combines data from January through June 2026. Unlike previous reports that covered each quarter separately, this edition provides a half-year view of attacks observed and mitigated across the Cloudflare network. During the period, Cloudflare mitigated 23.2 million network-layer DDoS...

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