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Cloudflare data shows media, production, and publishing is the most DDoS-targeted sector in 2026, with 14.2 percent of all attacks. Wars in Ukraine and Iran and the FIFA World Cup contributed. Attacks were nearly four times the gambling sector's total in six months.
Cloudflare reported 1 Tbps DDoS attacks grew sixfold quarter-over-quarter to 805 in Q2 2026, totaling 935 for the half. DNS Flood drove 40% of network-layer attacks, while CLDAP Flood jumped 882%. The company mitigated 23.2 million network-layer attacks and 29.64 trillion HTTP DDoS requests.
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