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Cloudflare says it mitigated 20.5 million DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2025. This is a 358% increase compared to the same time last year. Their Q1 2025 DDoS report highlights a rise in the number and size of attacks, including some of the largest ever recorded. Map of top 10 most attacked industries in Q1 2025 (Source: Cloudflare) Massive multi-vector attacks One-third of the attacks, about 6.6 million, directly targeted Cloudflare’s own network … More → The post DDoS attacks jump 358% compared to last year appeared first on Help Net Security.
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