Some Notable DDOS Attacks in 2022

In June 2022, Cloudflare reported a massive DDoS attack that peaked at 26 million requests per second (RPS). This attack was delivered via a small but powerful botnet they've named “Mantis.” The network of 5,067 attacker-controlled devices, which relies on the use of both servers and virtual machines, was able to deliver a maximum of 5,200 requests per second per machine (node). Additionally, Imperva reported an even larger PPS attack on another client that surpassed the January record — the newest attack peaked at 580 million PPS.