DDoS attacks breach 1 Tbps in H1 2026, DNS floods fuel surge
Cloudflare blocked 23.2 million network‑layer attacks and 29.64 trillion HTTP requests in the first half of 2026, with 935 attacks topping 1 Tbps—a 519% rise over Q1. DNS‑based floods now make up 40% of network‑layer traffic, and geopolitical events in Iran, Ukraine, and the Turkey NATO summit drove the spike.