A Record Number of DDoS Attacks Were Reported This Year
5.4 million attacks in the first half of 2021
According to data presented by Atlas VPN, cybercriminals launched nearly 5.4 million distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the first half of 2021 — an 11% increase compared to the first half of 2020.
More than half (2.8 million) of the attacks utilized compromised computer systems, or botnet networks, as sources of attack traffic.