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Cloudflare's Q3 2026 report: DDoS attacks surge 208% but mega-attacks collapse

Report links drop in mega-attacks to early-2026 botnet takedowns

1 Oct 29 · 13d ago · 1 article · 1 post · 2 sources · development 1 of 4

Hyper-volumetric attacks above 1 Tbps fell to 251 in Q3 from 805 in Q2, which Cloudflare attributes to law enforcement dismantling the Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid and Mossad IoT botnets earlier in 2026; CLDAP reflection attacks collapsed to 0.05% of attacks after a +580% surge in H1, while DNS amplification and other UDP floods grew sharply.

Report links drop in mega-attacks to early-2026 botnet takedowns
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“Cloudflare autonomously mitigated 18.2 million network-layer DDoS attacks and 14.4 trillion HTTP DDoS requests.”

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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 1 claim were published in its stretch

  1. 1 outlet Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report 2026 Q3: More swarms, fewer giants

    first by Cloudflare Blog, 13d ago

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