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11 Aug 2026, 9:00 PM	Cloudflare Blog	6.5	Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report H1 2026: 1 Tbps attacks soar as DNS floods and geopolitical tensions drive a new wave Cloudflare's H1 2026 DDoS report covers Jan-Jun, mitigating 23.2M network-layer attacks and 29.64T HTTP DDoS requests (~5,343 attacks/hour). 935 attacks exceeded 1 Tbps with a 519% QoQ surge in Q2, DNS floods rose to 40% of network-layer attacks, and Operation PowerOFF targeted 75,000 DDoS-for-hire users across 21 countries. Why: If you run any public-facing infrastructure, DNS-based amplification attacks are now the dominant vector at 40% of network-layer attacks—review your DNS resolver exposure and upstream rate-limiting. The 1 Tbps attack volume means self-hosted mitigation is increasingly impractical; evaluate whether your CDN/WAF provider's DDoS tier covers hyper-volumetric attacks before you need it. ddos infrastructure cloudflare security dns

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11 Aug 2026, 9:00 PM

Cloudflare Blog

6.5

Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report H1 2026: 1 Tbps attacks soar as DNS floods and geopolitical tensions drive a new wave

Cloudflare's H1 2026 DDoS report covers Jan-Jun, mitigating 23.2M network-layer attacks and 29.64T HTTP DDoS requests (~5,343 attacks/hour). 935 attacks exceeded 1 Tbps with a 519% QoQ surge in Q2, DNS floods rose to 40% of network-layer attacks, and Operation PowerOFF targeted 75,000 DDoS-for-hire users across 21 countries.

Why: If you run any public-facing infrastructure, DNS-based amplification attacks are now the dominant vector at 40% of network-layer attacks—review your DNS resolver exposure and upstream rate-limiting. The 1 Tbps attack volume means self-hosted mitigation is increasingly impractical; evaluate whether your CDN/WAF provider's DDoS tier covers hyper-volumetric attacks before you need it.