High-Capacity DDoS Attacks Surge 1,286% in 1H 2026 According to NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Research
NETSCOUT, Wednesday, October 14th, 2026
NETSCOUT's 1H 2026 DDoS report recorded 9.1 million attacks and a 1,286% rise in attacks exceeding 1Tbps or 1Gpps.
NETSCOUT released its first-half 2026 DDoS Threat Intelligence Report, recording more than 9.1 million DDoS attacks globally between January and June.
Attacks clearing 1Tbps or 1Gpps rose 1,286%, which NETSCOUT says makes high-capacity events routine.
The report highlights weaponized residential proxies and short, rate-based attacks from DDoS-for-hire platforms, and argues providers and enterprises need finer-grained, selective mitigation and more scrubbing capacity at network edges.