High-Capacity DDoS Attacks Surge 1,286% in 1H 2026 According to NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Research
NETSCOUT released its 1H 2026 DDoS Threat Intelligence Report, recording more than 9.1 million DDoS attacks globally across 209 countries and territories between January and June 2026. Attacks exceeding 1Tbps or 1Gpps surged 1,286% year over year, and the company observed its first IPv6 attack above the terabit threshold, driven partly by DDoS-for-hire platforms and weaponized residential proxies.
Key figures
- Countries covered
- 209
- Ddos attacks 1h2026
- 9.1 million
- Carpet bombing share
- 4.54% (up from 3.97%)
- Protected ipv4 share
- two-thirds of routed IPv4 space
- Direct path attack share
- 64%
- Ipv6 mitigation growth yoy
- 300%
- Global peak traffic secured
- over 800 Tbps
- High capacity attack growth yoy
- 1,286%
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