The number of cyberattacks targeting nonprofits, independent media, and civil rights organizations has surged by a whopping 241% over the past year. As per the new data shared by Cloudflare’s Project Galileo. This initiative provides free cybersecurity protection to vulnerable public interest groups, blocking nearly 109 billion threats between May 2024 and March 2025. That’s around 325 million attacks per day.
The Project Galileo is in its 11th year and supports over 2,600 organizations worldwide. The latest findings point to a worrying trend: DDoS attacks (Distributed Denial-of-Service) are becoming more frequent and intense, often replacing traditional hacking methods like web application exploits.
