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

2026-08-12

Cloudflare mitigated 23.2 million network-layer and 29.64 trillion HTTP DDoS requests in the first half of 2026. The report indicates a significant increase in network-layer attacks exceeding 1 terabit per second, rising more than six-fold from Q1 to Q2 with 805 such attacks recorded. Brazil surpassed the United States as the top source country for DDoS traffic.