The consequences of suffering an information security breach are well documented, and sadly the frequency with which they occur shows no sign of slowing down. Unfortunately, in the world of domain names, these criminals aren’t going away anytime soon. They’re constantly adapting and becoming more sophisticated in their attempts to exploit governmental, corporate, and consumer vulnerabilities.
In February, we saw a record-breaking number of DDoS attacks, including what Cloudflare reported as the largest attack on record. The CDN provider was hit with an attack which at its peak exceeded 71 million requests per second - 35% higher than the previous record of 45 million in June 2022.
