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Cloudflare sees 8,200 DDoS attacks every hour, a growing swarm

Quantum ZeitgeistNovember 4, 20263 min read

Cloudflare’s analysis of the third quarter of 2026—July, August, and September—reveals 8,200 DDoS attacks every hour were mitigated across its network. This report, produced by Cloudforce One, analyzes the evolving threat landscape of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks based on data from the Cloudflare network.

Cloudflare mitigated approximately 8,200 DDoS attacks every hour across its network in the third quarter of 2026, revealing a sustained and escalating barrage against online infrastructure. While hyper-volumetric attacks exceeding 1 Tbps declined sharply following law enforcement disruption of major IoT botnets, attackers demonstrated rapid adaptation by shifting tactics. This is evidenced by a 99.5% collapse in CLDAP floods…

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