"Cloudflare Reports Surge in Sophisticated DDoS Attacks"

According to new research from the Content Delivery Network (CDN) provider Cloudflare, in the second quarter of this year, companies were hit with well-planned Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks launched by hacking groups, many of which are based in Russia. From April to June, the total number of DDoS requests reached 5.4 trillion, a 15 percent increase over the first quarter of this year. Despite the surge in attacks in 2023, DDoS incidents are down compared to the second quarter of 2022, when Cloudflare recorded 8.3 trillion requests. According to Cloudflare, the number of requests does not indicate the number of "unique" attacks, but rather the total volume of DDoS attacks. In recent months, the industries impacted the most by DDoS attacks were cryptocurrency, gaming, and gambling, with cryptocurrency companies alone having seen a 600 percent increase in DDoS attacks. This article continues to discuss key findings from Cloudflare's report on DDoS attack trends for the second quarter of 2023. 

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