DDoS attacks: Sharp increase, especially in EMEA
In the first half of 2023, cybercriminals launched almost 8 million DDoS attacks. Germany is one of the hardest hit. Cybercriminals increased their activities in the first half of 2023. According to NETSCOUT's latest Threat Intelligence Report, threat actors launched approximately 7,9 million distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks worldwide, compared to just over 6 million of these attacks in the first half of 2022. This represents a 31 percent increase in Compared to the previous year and around 44.000 DDoS attacks per day. This increase in attack frequency was primarily seen in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), where…
